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Couch's goby

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Couch's goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobius
Species:
G. couchi
Binomial name
Gobius couchi

Couch's goby (Gobius couchi) is a species of goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean as far north as southern Great Britain and Ireland,[1] the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea where it can be found living under stones on muddy sand in inshore waters and in the intertidal zone. This species can reach a length of 7.7 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2] The specific name and common name both honour Jonathan Couch (1789–1870), the Cornish ichthyologist and the author of A History of the Fishes of the British Islands published between 1862 and 1867.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Herler, J.; Williams, J.T. & Kovacic, M. (2014). "Gobius couchi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T198659A45104510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T198659A45104510.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobius couchi". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ 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 1 September 2018.