Fish of the Pomatoschistus genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Canestrini’s goby. Photo by © R. Šanda. europeana.eu)
Canestrini‘s goby (Pomatoschistus canestrinii) was first described in 1883 by the Italian zoologist Alessandro Pericle Ninni (1837-1892).
It occurs in the coastal zones of lagoons, estuaries, enters freshwater; dwells near a sandy and silty bottom. The maximum recorded length is 5.5 cm.
(Canestrini’s goby. Photo by © Lubomir Pialek. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. It is found north of the conventional line connecting the mouth of the Po River in Italy and the mouth of the Neretva River in Croatia. It rises and lives in rivers flowing into the sea. Introduced species in Lake Trasimeno (Italy).
Names of Canestrini‘s goby (Pomatoschistus canestrinii) in other languages as follows:
Csatornagéb (Hungarian), Ghiozzetto cenerino (Italian), Canestrini-Grundel (German), Babka adriatycka (Polish), Gujočić crnotrus, Glavočić crnotrus (Serbian, Croatian), Gobie de Canestrini (French).