Fish of the Crystallogobius genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Crystallogobius linearis. Photo by © Rudolf Svensen. nmsportsfiske.no)
Crystallogobius linearis was first described in 1845 by the Swedish biologist and naturalist Magnus Vilhelm von Düben (1814-1845).
It inhabits the depth of 1-400 meters. It is a pelagic species, sometimes occurs near the coast above a sandy and silty bottom. The maximum recorded length is 4.7 cm.
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Crystallogobius linearis in other languages as follows:
Gobio de cristal (Spanish), Ghiozzetto cristallino (Italian), Kristallgrundel (German), Babka kryształowa (Polish), Gujoč kristalni, Glavoč kristalni, Mliječić (Serbian, Croatian), Gobie cristal (French).