Large-headed goby

Millerigobius macrocephalus is a species of goby native to coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea, the Levant Sea, the western Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea where it occurs in lagoons and shallow inshore waters to about 4 metres (13 ft) in depth with stones to provide shelter. This species can reach a length of 4.3 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2]

Large-headed goby
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Millerigobius

Bath, 1973
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M. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Millerigobius macrocephalus
Synonyms

Gobius macrocephalus Kolombatović, 1891

References

  1. Francour, P., Bilecenoglu, M. & Bariche, M. and Molinari, A. 2011. Millerigobius macrocephalus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 07 September 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Millerigobius macrocephalus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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