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Gobius niger in Estonia
Black goby

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Gobius niger   Linnaeus, 1758
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobiinae			picture (Gonig_u1.jpg) by Patzner, R.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Black goby
Max. size:	18.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 35388); max. reported age: 4 years
Environment:	demersal ; depth range 1 - 75 m
Climate:	temperate; 8 - 24°C; 66°N - 20°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.3; tm=0.8-2; tmax=4)
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: throughout North Africa from Cape Blanc, Mauritania north and eastwards to the Suez Canal; also along the eastern Atlantic coast northwards to Trondheim (Norway) and Baltic Sea. Also known from the Black Sea (Ref. 4646).
Diagnosis:	Neck scaled with a black spot in the front end of each dorsal fin (Ref. 35388).
Biology:	Found in estuaries, lagoons and inshore waters over sand or mud, in seagrass or on algae. Feed on crustaceans (larger amphipods, isopods, shrimps, mysids, small crabs), bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, chironomid larvae, sometimes small fish (Ref. 4696)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Miller, P.J.. 1986. (Ref. 4696)
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Estonia country information
Common names:	Black goby, must mudil		Ref:  Ojaveer, E., E. Pihu and T. Saat, 2003
Status:	native		Ref:  Maugé, L.A., 1986
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Abundance:	scarce (very unlikely)		Ref:  Ojaveer, E. and E. Pihu, 2003
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Common in the Gulf of Riga and rare in the Gulf of Finland (Ref. 52079). Also Ref. 4343.
National  Checklist:	Estonian checklist - Fish
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/en.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Anonymous, 1999
National Database:	Estonian Vertebrates
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Luna, Susan M.

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