BrackishSaltwater
Black goby
Gobius niger
Gobiidae, Gobiinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 25.3 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 395 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Albania, Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, and 36 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Found in estuaries, lagoons and inshore waters over sand or mud, in seagrass or on algae. Occasionally recorded in freshwater, but there are no documented records of actual occurrence in European freshwaters. Feed on crustaceans (larger amphipods, isopods, shrimps, mysids, small crabs), bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, chironomid larvae, sometimes small fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Gobius brittanicus
- Gobius fuliginosus
- Gobius gorgione
- Gobius iozo
- Gobius jozo
- Gobius jozo albescens
In other languages
- Svartkutling, Kutling, Smørbøtte
- Svart smörbult, Svarta smörbulten
- Sortkutling, Smørbutte, Sort Kutling
- Mustatokko, Mustaokko
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.