Red-mouthed goby

Red-mouthed goby

Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Gobius
Species:	G. cruentatus
Binomial name
*Gobius cruentatus* J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Synonyms
Gobius rubens Rafinesque, 1810 (ambiguous name)

Gobius cruentatus, the Red-mouthed goby, is a species of goby native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwestern Ireland to the coasts of Morocco and Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters at depths of from 15 to 40 metres (49 to 131 ft) in areas with rocky or sandy substrates or in meadows of sea-grass. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[1]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Gobius cruentatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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