Couch's goby (Gobius couchi)

Scientific name: Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974

Couch's goby (Gobius couchi)

The Couch's goby (Gobius couchi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.

Biology

Found inshore and intertidal, under stones on sheltered muddy sand. Feeds on polychaetes, algae, crustaceans, bivalves.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gobius couchi
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.7
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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