Fish of the Gobius genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Golden goby. Photo by © Ole Johan Brett. tropicalfavourites.com)
Golden goby (Gobius auratus) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits the depth of 5-80 meters, usually 5-30 meters. It occurs above a rocky bottom with algal beds, near sheer coastal cliffs. It hides in crevices of rocks and other shelters. The maximum recorded length is 10 cm. It feeds on zooplankton.
(Golden goby. Photo by © Massimo Boyer. scubazone.it)
It is a permanent but infrequent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of golden goby (Gobius auratus) in other languages as follows:
Goudgrondel (Dutch), Κωβιός (Koviόs) (Greek), Gobio dorado (Spanish), Ghiozzo dorato (Italian), Goldgrundel (German), Babka złocista (Polish), Золотой бычок (Zolotoj bychok) (Russian), Gujoč žuti, Glavoč zlatac (Serbian, Croatian), Zlati glavač (Slovenian), Sarıkaya balığı (Turkish), Gobie doré (French).