Steinitz's goby

Steinitz's goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Gammogobius Bath, 1971
Species:	G. steinitzi
Binomial name
Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971

Steinitz's goby (Gammogobius steinitzi) is a species of goby. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea near Marseille. ^[2] It has been recently recorded in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia, ^[3] Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy, ^[4] and in the Black Sea in Ukraine. ^[5] This species can be found in underwater grottoes in inshore waters at depths of 2 to 15 metres (6.6 to 49.2 ft). Steinitz's goby can reach a length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) SL. ^[2] Its name honours the marine biologist and herpetologist Heinz Steinitz (1909–1971) of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. ^[6]

References

1. Kovacic, M.; Williams, J.T. & Herler, J. (2014). "Gammogobius steinitzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T194871A49085069. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194871A49085069.en .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gammogobius steinitzi". FishBase . June 2013 version.
3. Kovačić M. (1999) Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971, a fish new to the Adriatic Sea. Natura Croatica, Vol.8 No.1: 1–7.
4. AHNELT H., HERLER J., SCSEPKA S., PATZNER R.A. 1998, First records of two rare Mediterranean Gobiidae in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. Cybium, vol. 22, no 2, pp. 183–186
5. Kovtun O.A. (2012) First records goby Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae) in coastal grottoes of the western Crimea (Black Sea) (A preliminary report). Marine Ecological Journal, 3(11): 56. (in Russian)
6. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 August 2018.