FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Gobiidae, Gobionellinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 9 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 28 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Algeria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, and 12 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Enters estuaries, salt marshes and pools; usually on sand or mud. Lives in sea as well as brackish waters and migrates into limnetic sections of rivers. Also rock pools where it feeds mainly on epibenthic meiofauna like harpacticoids and small amphipods; small crustaceans, worms, chironomid larvae and mites. Its burrowing habit allows it to survive low water levels and to avoid predators. Spawns after first winter, at sea, in February - September, depending on latitude; individual females spawn several times during a season. Adhesive eggs (0.9 x 0.7 mm) are deposited under or between stones, shells and aquatic plants and males guard the eggs until hatching. Juveniles enter freshwater habitats in late summer to forage. The male defends and aerates the eggs for about 9 days.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Gobius laticeps
- Gobius microps
- Gobius microps microps
- Gobius microps puckensis
- Gobius minutus minor
- Gobius parnelli
In other languages
- Leirkutling
- Lerstubb
- Lerkutling
- Liejutokko
Articles
All articles
How to set up an African aquarium5 min read
Two completely different aquariums: forest rivers with soft, brown water, roots and leaves, and Rift Valley lake cichlids in hard, alkaline water with big rock piles.
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to set up a European aquarium5 min read
A coldwater aquarium with European fish and plants, without a heater. The water follows the seasons, and summer heat is the biggest problem.
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.