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.
(Couch’s goby. Photo by © Roberto Pillon. fishbase.org)
Couch‘s goby (Gobius couchi) was first described in 1974 by the English ichthyologists M.Y. El Tawil and Peter J. Miller.
It inhabits at depths of up to 10 meters. It dwells on a sandy and silty bottom, hiding under the stones. The maximum recorded length is 17 cm. It feeds on polychaetes, algae, crustaceans, bivalves.
(Couch’s goby. Photo by © Suzanne Munnery. news.bbc.co.uk)
It is a rare species. It is found in the Adriatic Sea, in particular near the island of Krk in Croatia.
Names of Couch‘s goby (Gobius couchi) in other languages as follows:
Gobide di Couch (Italian), Couch-Grundel (German), Uvijeni gujoč, Uvijeni glavoč (Serbian, Croatian), Gobie de Couch (French).