Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède, 1800)
Naked goby
Gobiosoma bosc
photo by Thomas, C.

 Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae
 Max. size:  6 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, (not Florida Keys), Everglade City, Florida along Gulf of Mexico coast to Veracruz, Mexico.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Inhabit estuaries and weedy, protected coastal waters (Ref. 7251) and rivers, with salinity ranging from 0.0 to 33.0 ppt (Ref. 97140). Young are found in the same places as adults (Ref. 40810). Adults feed mainly on annelids and small crustaceans; also attracted to injured or dead oysters (Ref. 79012).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: Luna, Susan M. - 19.08.14
 Checked by: Torres, Armi G. - 28.08.94

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