Tortonese's goby | |
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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.