Black goby

Black goby
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Gobius
Species:	G. niger
Binomial name
	Gobius niger; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Gobius jozo Linnaeus, 1758; Gobius niger jozo Linnaeus, 1758; Gobius gorgione Rafinesque, 1810; Gobius viridis A. W. Otto, 1821; Gobius longiradiatus Risso, 1827; Gobius brittanicus W. Thompson, 1837; Gobius fuliginosus McCoy, 1841; Gobius jozo pontica Kessler, 1859; Gobius jozo albescens Canestrini, 1862; Gobius jozo nigrescens Canestrini, 1862; Gobius punctulatus Cocco, 1884-85; Gobius jozo minor Kolombatovic, 1891; Gobius jozo major Kolombatovic, 1891; Gobius niger hispanicus de Buen, 1928; Gobius niger nigerrimus de Buen, 1928;

The black goby (Gobius niger) is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and sometimes small fish. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

This fish reaches a maximum length of 18 centimetres (7 in) TL. This fish's neck is scaled and both of its dorsal fins have a black spot on the front end.

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