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Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758

Black goby
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Portugal country information

Common names: Caboz, Caboz-negro
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: There are e types of skeletal abnormalities observed on individuals caught in Sado estuary: dentary, vertebrae and hypural plates, with the latter the most common. These deformaties were more frequent in the industrialized bank of the estuary allowing the relationship between pollution and observed teratology; thus, the species may be considered a pollution indicator species (Ref. 45053). Found in Tagus estuary (Ref. 51031).
National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maugé, L.A., 1986
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gobius: Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 96 m (Ref. 86376), usually 1 - 50 m (Ref. 35388).   Temperate; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944); 66°N - 20°N, 18°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: throughout North Africa from Cape Blanc, Mauritania north and eastwards to the Suez Canal; also along the eastern Atlantic coast northwards to Trondheim (Norway) and Baltic Sea. Also known from the Black Sea (Ref. 4646).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 86715); Età massima riportata: 5 anni (Ref. 97194)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Neck scaled with a black spot in the front end of each dorsal fin (Ref. 35388); body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders (Ref. 92840).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in estuaries, lagoons and inshore waters over sand or mud, in seagrass or on algae (Ref. 4696). Occasionally recorded in freshwater, but there are no documented records of actual occurrence in European freshwaters (Ref. 59043). Feed on crustaceans (larger amphipods, isopods, shrimps, mysids, small crabs), bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, chironomid larvae, sometimes small fish (Ref. 4696).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Repeat spawner (Ref. 4696). Male guards eggs.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.3 - 18.8, mean 10.8 (based on 1296 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00692 - 0.01000), b=3.10 (3.06 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.19-0.3; tm=0.8-2; tmax=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (13 of 100).