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Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 15. Transparent body, more or less reddish, with chromatophores along bases of median fins and on head. Vertebrae 26-28 (Ref. 232). Males with longer dorsal and anal fins than females (Ref. 35388).

Common Names

  • Xanguet , Catalan , Spain
  • Russettu , Corsican , France
  • Mliječ ružični , Croatian , Croatia
  • Glaskutling , Danish , Denmark
  • Glasgrondel , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Transparent goby , English , France
  • Transparent goby , English , Spain
  • Transparent goby , English , UK
  • Transparent goby , English , UK
  • Väike plankmudil , Estonian , Estonia
  • Kuultotokko , Finnish , Finland
  • Gobie nonnat , French , France
  • Nonnat , French , France
  • Nonnat , French , Global
  • Nounat , French , France
  • Glasgrundel , German , Germany
  • Weissgrundel , German , Germany
  • Goviodàki aphia , Greek , Greece
  • Γυαλογωβιός , Greek , Greece
  • Γωβιοδάκι , Greek , Greece
  • Γωβιουδάκι , Greek , Greece
  • Bianchetto , Italian , Italy
  • Bulasu , Italian , Italy
  • Ciceniello verace , Italian , Italy
  • Guatte , Italian , Italy
  • Maccioneddu biancu , Italian , Italy
  • Mazzunara , Italian , Italy
  • Nannata , Italian , Italy
  • Nunnata , Italian , Italy
  • Nunnata di luvaru , Italian , Italy
  • Omo núo , Italian , Italy
  • Rossetto , Italian , Italy
  • Russetto , Italian , Italy
  • Uomo nudo , Italian , Italy
  • Makku , Maltese , Malta
  • Glasskutling , Norwegian , Norway
  • Babka przezroczysta , Polish , Poland
  • Caboz-transparente , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Guvid alb , Rumanian , Romania
  • Bychok Braunera , Russian , Ukraine
  • Mliječ , Serbian , Montenegro
  • Mliječ , Serbian , Serbia
  • Beli glavaè , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Chanquete , Spanish , Spain
  • Chanquete , Spanish , Spain
  • Lorcho , Spanish , Spain
  • Klarbult , Swedish , Sweden
  • Cam kayabalığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Camkaya balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Saydamkaya balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Gobi tryloyw , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Aphia

    Species: Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Atlantic Ocean: Trondheim to Morocco. Also known from the Mediterranean including Black Sea and the Azov Sea (Ref. 57814).

    • Biology

    Benthic and free swimming (Ref. 92840). A neotenic, pelagic species inhabiting inshore and estuarine waters, over sand, mud and eel-grass (Ref. 4343). Adults feed on zooplankton, especially copepods, cirripede larvae and mysids (Ref. 4343). They spawn in summer in empty bivalve shells (Ref. 35388). Probably migrate to deeper water to spawn during summer (Ref. 57814). Adults die after breeding (Ref. 4696) which does not qualify as a manifestation of semelparity but abbreviate iteroparity according to a recent study (Ref. 81039). Eggs are pear-shaped (Ref. 4696).

    Habitat

    brackish