Fish of the Gouania genus of the Gobiesocinae subfamily of the Gobiesocidae (clingfishes) family of the Gobiesociformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Blunt-snouted clingfish. Photo by © Xavier Salvador. flickr.com/photos/115395428@N06)
Blunt–snouted clingfish (Gouania willdenowi) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits the shallows. The maximum recorded length is 5 cm. It feeds on benthic organisms.
(Blunt-snouted clingfish. Photo by Jose Martín Piñatel. flickr.com/photos/pinatel)
It is a rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. It is a poorly studied species.
Names of blunt-snouted clingfish (Gouania willdenowi) in other languages are as follows:
Pez puerco (Spanish), Succiascoglio minore (Italian), Wels-Schildfisch (German), Тупорылая присоска (Tuporylaja prisoska) (Russian), Priljepnjak somčić, Priljepnjak somić (Serbian, Croatian), Gouanie (French).