Sand goby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sand goby lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pomatoschistus minutus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Gobiiformes
Family	Gobiidae

Where does the sand goby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sand goby in 13 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 sand goby endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the sand goby?

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

About the sand goby

The sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus), also known as a polewig or pollybait, is a species of ray-finned fish native to marine and brackish European waters from the Baltic Sea through the Mediterranean Sea and into the Black Sea where it occurs in sandy or muddy areas of inshore waters at depths of from 4 to 200 metres (13 to 656 ft). This species can reach a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL. This species is sometimes kept in public aquariums. The sand goby is of a sandy colour, with darker markings on the sides and a creamy-white underside. In the breeding season the male fish has a blue spot at the rear of the first dorsal fin, ringed with white. The fish has a slender body, and the head is about a quarter of the total length.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sand goby (revision 1374380277), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1121059 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).