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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Temperate; 49°N - 43°N, 16°E - 45°E
Europe: Adriatic coasts, from Po delta (Italy) to Neretva (Croatia). Introduced in Lake Trasimeno, Central Italy. (Ref.59043).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115022); max. published weight: 3.30 g (Ref. 115022)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from other gobies in freshwaters of Adriatic basin and western Italy by the following characters: males with small black spots on body; with cephalic lateral line canals; anterior oculoscapular canal extending to snout; branched rays in second dorsal 8-9.5; anal origin below simple of first branched ray of D2; total scales in midlateral series 36-42; completely scaled caudal peduncle (Ref. 59043).
Found in inshore habitats, lagoons, lakes and large to medium-size rivers; on sand or mud bottom. Spawns after first winter in March-July; individual females spawn several times during a season. Adhesive eggs deposited under or between stones, shells and aquatic plants and males guard the eggs until hatching. Feeds on a wide variety of benthic invertebrates (worms, amphipods, Ref.4696) (Ref.59043).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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