Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
Grass goby
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus
photo by Patzner, R.

 Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae
 Max. size:  29.9 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 5 years
 Environment:  demersal; depth range - 30 m, oceanodromous
 Distribution:  Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Sea of Azov.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Benthic, inshore, brackish water, estuaries and lagoons, on mud and eel-grass meadows. Commercial in the Black Sea and in Sivash (Ref. 2058). Occasionally recorded in freshwater, but there are no documented records of actual occurrence in European freshwaters (Ref. 59043).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 04.05.95
 Modified by: Torres, Armi G. - 15.05.17

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