Fish of the Zosterisessor genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Grass goby. Photo © akvarij.net)
Grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) was first described in 1814 by the Prussian and Russian naturalist and traveler Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811).
It inhabits at depths of up to 30 meters. It occurs near a muddy bottom, in thickets of seagrass, often enters lagoons and bays. The maximum recorded length is 25 cm. It eats clams, shrimps, crabs, and small fish.
(Grass goby. Photo by © Robert A. Patzner, fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) in other languages as follows:
Тревно попче (Trevno popche) (Bulgarian), Kígyófejű géb (Hungarian), Πρασινογωβιός (Prasinogovios) (Greek), Gobio serpentón (Spanish), Ghiozzo gò (Italian), Grasgrundel (German), Babka tasiemnicowa (Polish), Caboz-cabeça-de-cobra (Portuguese), Guvid de iarbă (Romanian), Бычок–травяник (Bychok–travjanjik) (Russian), Gujoč travaš, Glavoč travaš (Serbian, Croatian), Travni glavač (Slovenian), Sazkayası balığı (Turkish), Gobie lote (French).