Bath's goby

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.^[2] 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. ^[3] In 2013, it was listed as data deficient but was changed to Least Concern the following year because the population is thought to stable, it may be under-represented and there are no known threats. The specific name honours the German ichthyologist Hans Walter Bath (1924-2015).^[4]

Bath's goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Pomatoschistus
Species:	P. bathi
Binomial name
Pomatoschistus bathi P. J. Miller, 1982

References

1. Herler, J.; Williams, J.T. & Kovacic, M. (2014). "Pomatoschistus bathi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194882A49082738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194882A49082738.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pomatoschistus bathi". FishBase. June 2013 version.
3. "Pomatoschistus bathi Bath's goby".
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 September 2018.