Fish of the Pomatoschistus genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Common goby. Photo © ravon.nl)
Common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) was first described in 1838 by the Danish zoologist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer (1799-1870).
It inhabits at depths of up to 12 meters. It occurs near a sandy bottom often comes into estuaries, lagoons and salt marshes connected to the sea, river mouths. The maximum recorded length is 9 cm. It feeds on small crustaceans, worms.
(Common goby. Photo by © Klaus Busse. fishbase.org)
It is a rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) in other languages as follows:
Същинско попче (Sishjinsko popche) (Bulgarian), Parti géb (Hungarian), Brakwatergrondel (Dutch), Μικρογωβιός (Mikrogovios) (Greek), Manchado (Spanish), Ghiozzetto baltico (Italian), Strandgrundel (German), Babka piaskowa (Polish), Guvid de nisip (Romanian), Обыкновенный бычок–бубырь (Obyknovennyj bychok–bubyrj) (Russian), Glavočić sićušni (Serbian, Croatian), Gobie commun (French).