black goby
Gobius niger
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobius
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 11 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 23 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 30 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 30 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 60 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 29 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 50 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 400 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 47 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 44 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 2 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 46 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 30 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 62 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 1048 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 14 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 911 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 26 records