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Common names: Èrni glavaè
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Gulf of Trieste
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Marceta, B., 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Gobie noir, Chaparrudo, Gobie noire, ... more

Main reference

Miller, P.J. 1986. (Ref. 4696)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 97194)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 6 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 96 m (Ref. 86376), usually 1 - 50 m (Ref. 35388)

Climate / Range

Temperate; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944), preferred 10°C (Ref. 107945); 66°N - 20°N, 18°W - 42°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: throughout North Africa from Cape Blanc, Mauritania north and eastwards to the Suez Canal; also along the eastern Atlantic coast northwards to Trondheim (Norway) and Baltic Sea. Also known from the Black Sea (Ref. 4646).
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Short description

Neck scaled with a black spot in the front end of each dorsal fin (Ref. 35388); body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders (Ref. 92840).

Found in estuaries, lagoons and inshore waters over sand or mud, in seagrass or on algae (Ref. 4696). Occasionally recorded in freshwater, but there are no documented records of actual occurrence in European freshwaters (Ref. 59043). Feed on crustaceans (larger amphipods, isopods, shrimps, mysids, small crabs), bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, chironomid larvae, sometimes small fish (Ref. 4696).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.3; tm=0.8-2; tmax=4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)

Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758