Fish of the Deltentosteus genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Four-spotted goby. Photo by © Dominique Horst. doris.ffessm.fr)
Four–spotted goby (Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus) was first described in 1837 by the French zoologist and ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865).
It inhabits at depths of up to 333 meters. It dwells near the sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 8 cm. It feeds on zooplankton.
(Four-spotted goby. Photo by © David Luquet. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. It is more common in the northern part of the sea.
Names of four–spotted goby (Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus) in other languages as follows:
Στρογγυλογωβιός (Strongyljogovios) (Greek), Gombit, Cuatro manchas (Spanish), Ghiozzetto quadrimaculato (Italian), Vierfleck-Grundel (German), Gujoč četripeg, Glavoč četveropjegi (Serbian, Croatian), Pegasti glavač (Slovenian), Dört benekli kayabaligi (Turkish), Gobie a quatre taches (French).