Gobius rubropunctatus Goby

Gobius rubropunctatus is commonly referred to as Goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Foto: Lagoa Azul, Sao Tome and Principe

Courtesy of the author Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 17670
AphiaID:: 273439

Scientific:: Gobius rubropunctatus
German:: Rotgepunktete Grundel
English:: Goby

Category:: Smörbultar (Gobies)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobius (Genus) > rubropunctatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Delais, 1951

Occurrence:: Ghana, Gambia, Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, West Africa
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 70 Meter
Habitats:: Brackish water, Coastal waters, Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Estuaries (river mouths), Inshore, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 3.15" (8.0 cm)
Temperature:: ~ 57.2 °F (14°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Invertebrates, No reliable information available, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gobius ater
Bellotti's Grundel
Gobius ateriformis
Gobius ateriformis
Gobius auratus
Grundel
Gobius bontii
Grundel
Gobius bucchichi
Anemonengrundel
Gobius cobitis
Riesengrundel
Gobius couchi
Couch`s Grundel
Gobius cruentatus
Rotlippengrundel
Gobius fallax
Sarato´s Grundel
Gobius gasteveni
Stevens Grundel
Gobius geniporus
Grundel
Gobius hypselosoma
Gobius incognitus
Inkognito-Grundel, Anemonen-Grundel
Gobius kolombatovici
Kolombatovic-Grundel
Gobius koseirensis
Gobius leucomelas
Gobius niger
Schwarzgrundel
Gobius paganellus
Felsen-Grundel
Gobius roulei
Roule`s -Grundel
Gobius rubropunctatus
Rotgepunktete Grundel
Gobius scorteccii
Gobius senegambiensis
Gobius strictus
Gobius tetrophthalmus
Grundel
Gobius vittatus
Streifengrundel
Gobius xanthocephalus
Gelbkopfgrundel, Zweifleck-Grundel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-08-23 21:52:21
Last edit:: 2025-08-27 14:05:40

Info

Overall, there is little noteworthy information available about this goby, and there is no documented information about its diet.
However, since the genus is carnivorous (zoobenthos), we have transferred this knowledge to Gobius rubropunctatus.

We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz for his photos of males and females, which he was able to take in the eastern Atlantic waters around São Tomé and Príncipe.

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 23.08.2025.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 23.08.2025.
Notes d'ichtyologie ouest africaine : 2. Les Gobiidae d'Afrique Occidentale Française en collection au laboratoire de biologie marine de l'IFAN à Gorée, Seite 351-354 (fr). Abgerufen am 23.08.2025.
researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2025.

Pictures

Male

Female

Commonly

Gobius rubropunctatus,Lobata, ST-ST, ST 2022

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