Two-spotted goby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Gobiusculus flavescens
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 two-spotted goby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the two-spotted 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 two-spotted goby endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the two-spotted goby?

The two-spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens) is a ray-finned fish in the order Gobiiformes and the family Gobiidae, genus Gobiusculus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the two-spotted goby

The two-spotted goby (Pomatoschistus flavescens) is a species of goby native to marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from the Faroe Islands and Norway to the northwestern coast of Spain. It has also been recorded from Estonia though records from the Mediterranean Sea are uncertain. They are common on all coasts of the United Kingdom. This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Two-spotted goby (revision 1362664553), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q953637 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).