Common goby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common goby lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pomatoschistus microps
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Gobiiformes
Family	Gobiidae

Where does the common goby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common goby in 9 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common goby endangered?

The common goby’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common goby?

The common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) is a ray-finned fish in the order Gobiiformes and the family Gobiidae, genus Pomatoschistus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common goby

The common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) is a species of ray-finned fish native to fresh and brackish waters along the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts of Europe and northern Africa, with a range stretching from Norway to Morocco and Mauritania. It is also found in the Canary Islands. This species reaches a maximum length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common goby (revision 1313632404), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q582842 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).