Quagga goby

Quagga goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Pomatoschistus
Species: P. quagga
Binomial name
Pomatoschistus quagga
(Heckel, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Gobius quagga Heckel, 1837

Pomatoschistus quagga, the Quagga goby, is a species of goby native to the western part of the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. It occurs above soft substrates and in beds of eelgrass.[1] This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Francour, P., Bilecenoglu, M. & Bariche, M. and Molinari, A. 2011. Pomatoschistus quagga. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 September 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pomatoschistus quagga" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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