Goby - Gobiidae

Gobies are the largest family of bony fish, with over 2000 species divided into 200 different genera. The members of this family, belonging to the Perciformes order, are commonly called goby. Gobies goby Ghiozzo Gobidi intotheblue.it Mediterranean Sea

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These fish are widespread in the seas all over the world and in the fresh waters of tropical and warm temperate zones. They are much more frequent in tropical regions but there are many species also in cold waters such as those of the North Sea or the Baltic Sea. On the contrary, they are completely absent from the polar seas. The Gobiidae have for the most part a strictly bentonic lifestyle and almost always keep close contact with the bottom.

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These fish are widespread in the seas around the world and in the fresh waters of tropical and warm temperate areas. They are much more frequent in tropical regions but there are numerous species also in cold waters such as those of the North Sea or the Baltic Sea. Instead, they are completely absent from the polar seas. Gobies goby Ghiozzo intotheblue.it

The Gobiidae have for the most part a strictly benthic lifestyle and almost always maintain an intimate contact with the substratum. The Gobiidae are almost all coastal, they can be found in tidal pools and in the first few meters below the sea surface as they disappear into the deeper waters. The majority of the species is adapted to the soft bottom environments but they are very common also among the rocks, in the coralligenous, in the coral reefs and among the Posidonia.