Rock goby

Rock goby
In Tuscany, Italy
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobius
Species:
G. paganellus
Binomial name
Gobius paganellus
Synonyms
  • Bathygobius paganellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gobius bicolor J. F. Gmelin, 1789
  • Gobius capito Valenciennes, 1837
  • Gobius punctipinnis Canestrini, 1862
  • Gobius capitonellus Kessler, 1874
  • Gobius albosignatus Kessler, 1874

The rock goby (Gobius paganellus) is a small coastal goby of eastern Atlantic waters, from Scotland to Senegal. It is also reported from the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and is an anti-Lessepsian migrant in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. There are unconfirmed records from the area around Pointe Noire in Congo-Brazzaville.