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Bony fish

Incognito Goby

Gobius incognitus

Also known as: Anemone Goby, Gudgeon, Reef Goby, Unknown Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2025
Adult
@JarJar · Afrate, Crete, Greece · April 20141 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, sometimes hiding in the tentacles of the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata, over bedrock, boulders, cobbles, gravel and sandy areas, either in bare areas or with some algae or sea grass cover.
Juveniles often found in the arms of sea urchins!

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

Pattern
linesspots
Behaviour
hidessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, sometimes hiding in the tentacles of the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata, over bedrock, boulders, cobbles, gravel and sandy areas, either in bare areas or with some algae or sea grass cover.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusGobius
    7. speciesGobius incognitus Kovačić & Šanda, 2016

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)