Fish of the Aphia genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Transparent goby. Photo by © Wijnand Vlierhuis. anemoon.org)
Transparent goby (Aphia minuta) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits at depths of up to 97 meters. It occurs above the sandy, silty and algae-covered bottom. The maximum recorded length is 7.9 cm. It feeds on zooplankton.
(Transparent goby. Photo by © Vincent Maran. doris.ffessm.fr)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of transparent goby (Aphia minuta) in other languages as follows:
Glasgrondel (Dutch), Chanquete (Spanish), Rossetto (Italian), Glasgrundel (German), Babka przezroczysta (Polish), Caboz-transparente (Portuguese), Guvid străveziu (Romanian), Афия (Aphia), Бланкет (Blanket) (Russian), Mliječ ružični (Serbian, Croatian), Beli glavač (Slovenian), Saydamkaya balığı (Turkish), Nonnat (French).