Tortonese's goby

Tortonese's goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Pomatoschistus
Species: P. tortonesei
Binomial name
Pomatoschistus tortonesei
Miller, 1969

Tortonese's goby (Pomatoschistus tortonesei) is a species of small-sized coastal fish of Gobiidae family. Widespread in the Mediterranean Sea: Marsala, Sicily and western Libya (Farwah Lagoon). Habits the coastal brackish water and hyperhaline lagoons, on the sandy bottom in the growth of macrophytes. Feeds on small crustaceans and gastropods.

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