Description

Distinguished by having the following characteristics: Reduced suckers; separated pelvic fins (Ref. 92840).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Gobius

Species: Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs offshore on coralline grounds. Aufwuchs feeder (Ref. 92840), feeds on harpacticoids and other crustaceans (including plankton), polychaetes, algae and poriferans. Rarely captured (Ref. 4696).

Habitat

demersal