Two-spotted goby
(Pomatoschistus flavescens)

Classification

Species: Pomatoschistus flavescens
Genus: Pomatoschistus
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Two-spotted goby
Habitat: Saltwater
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
Native to coast of: Europe
Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Eastern Atlantic: Faeroes, Vesterålen (Norway), and western Baltic to north-west Spain, excluding south-eastern North Sea.

Max length : 6 cm TL

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7. Black spot on each side of the caudal peduncle. Males with a second similar spot behind each pectoral fin. Eyes situated laterally. Fully scaled. Possess functioning suckers. Caudal fins slightly notched.

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