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Julien Renoult, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gobiiformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Subfamily:
Gobiinae
Genus:
Gobius
Species:
ophiocephalus
Common:
Grass goby
Climates:
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Lugli, M. 2010. Sounds of Shallow Water Fishes Pitch within the Quiet Window of the Habitat Ambient Noise. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 196(6): 439-451.
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Malavasi, S., Torricelli, P., Lugli, M., Pranovi, F., Mainardi, D. 2003. Male Courtship Sounds in a Teleost with Alternative Reproductive Tactics, the Grass Goby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 66(3): 231-236.
Horvatić, S., Malavasi, S., Vukić, J., Šanda, R., Marčić, Z., Ćaleta, M., Lorenzoni, M., Mustafić, P., Buj, I., Onorato, L., Ivić, L., Cavraro, F., Zanella, D. 2021. Correlation between Acoustic Divergence and Phylogenetic Distance in Soniferous European Gobiids (Gobiidae; Gobius Lineage). PLoS ONE, 16(12).
Malavasi, S., Lugli, M., Torricelli, P., Mainardi, D. 2003. Alternative Mating Tactics and Acoustic Behavior in the Grass Goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus: A Behavioural Analysis of the interaction between the Parasitic and the Bourgeois Male. Journal of Fish Biology, 63(Supplement A): 253-253.