Pomatoschistus bathi is a species of goby native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara where it occurs at depths of from 7 to 14 metres (23 to 46 ft) on substrates with a sand or mud component. This species can reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in) TL. It is found in Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, with scattered records in southwestern France to Turkish Aegean Sea coast. The Bath's goby feeds on bosmiden, brine shrimps, lobster eggs, oyster eggs, zoobenthos and zooplankton.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bath's Goby being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Buenia affinis
- Pomatoschistus pictus
- Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus
- Pomatoschistus marmoratus
- Ctenogobius saepepallens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Oxudercidae
- Genus
- Pomatoschistus
- Species
- Pomatoschistus bathi
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