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Leopard-spotted Goby

Thorogobius ephippiatus

Also known as: Black Goby, Gudgeon, Leopard Goby, Reef Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2025
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Adult
@jpc · Sesimbra, Portugal · June 19981 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, close to crevices and holes, in vertical rock walls, of inshore reefs.

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

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black spotred spotsspots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly, close to crevices and holes, in vertical rock walls, of inshore reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusThorogobius
    7. speciesThorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839)

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