Yellow-headed goby
| Yellow-headed goby | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Gobius |
| Species: | G. xanthocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992 | |
Gobius xanthocephalus, the Yellow-headed goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Spain to Madeira and Canary Island, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it is found in inshore waters at depths of from 1 to 22 metres (3.3 to 72.2 ft) and can be found living under stones. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ Van Tassell, J.L. & Larson, H.K. 2010. Gobius xanthocephalus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Gobius xanthocephalus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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