Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974
Couch's goby
photo by Pillon, R.

Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae
Max. size:  17 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 10 m
Distribution:  Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found inshore and intertidal, under stones on sheltered muddy sand. Feeds on polychaetes, algae, crustaceans, bivalves.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 March 2014 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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