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.
(Quagga goby. Photo by © Antonio Colacino. colapisci.it)
Quagga goby (Pomatoschistus quagga) was first described in 1837 by the Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel (1790-1857).
It occurs near the coast in beds of underwater vegetation. The maximum recorded length is 6 cm.
(Quagga goby. Photo by © Peter Wirtz. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent infrequent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of quagga goby (Pomatoschistus quagga) in other languages as follows:
Ghiozzetto quagga (Italian), Quagga-Grundel (German), Gujočić šiljoglav, Glavočić šiljoglav (Serbian, Croatian), Gobie quagga (French).