Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get Adobe Flash player
 

  • Nederlands
  • Deutsch
Search in the Encyclopedia

Dieren en planten

Perciformes   Gobies   Common goby   Sand goby   Fish biology   Reproduction of fish   Nurseries   Marine fauna   Sea fish   Fauna in tidal areas   Fish   
  • Dut: Grondel
  • Lat: Pomatoschistus spp., Gobius spp., Aphia spp.
  • Eng: Goby
  • Ger: Grundel
  • Dan: Kutling
print print
Goby, Foto Fitis, www.fotofitis.nl

Gobies

Gobies are benthic inhabitants. They are small, have a short life span a big typical head, two dorsal fins and joined pelvic fins. They live in shallow water from the end of the summer through the autumn and migrate in the winter to deeper water where they spawn in the spring. Gobies eat small crustaceans and fish larvae and form prey for many coastal birds and larger fish. The sand goby and diminutive goby are two species in this family.

  • Species

    The various species of gobies are difficult to distinguish from one another. The two most common species of the Dutch coast and Wadden Sea are the common goby and the sand goby.