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Madeira Goby

Mauligobius maderensis

Also known as: Gudgeon, Reef Goby, Rock Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2025
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Adult
@SailingBenH · ES, Spain · November 20151 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, pairs or small schools, over very shallow waters, in rock pools and over intertidal zones.

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

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blue spotswhite saddleswhite spots
Behaviour
pairsschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 1
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Found singly, pairs or small schools, over very shallow waters, in rock pools and over intertidal zones.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusMauligobius
    7. speciesMauligobius maderensis (Valenciennes, 1837)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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