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Bath's goby

Pomatoschistus bathi Miller, 1982

Status not recordedbony fish

The bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi) is a species in the family Gobiidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the bath's goby

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bath's goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bath's goby as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Georgia
  3. Russia
  4. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bath's goby endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bath's goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusPomatoschistus
  7. SpeciesPomatoschistus bathi Miller, 1982
Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Bath’s gobyEnglish
  • hlaváč BathůvCzech
  • Baths SandgrundelGerman
  • Γωβιός του ΜπαθGreek
  • Gobi de BathSpanish
  • nokihietatokkoFinnish
  • Gobie de BathFrench
  • Glavočić BathovCroatian
  • Ghiozzetto di BathItalian
  • Bath's grondelDutch
  • Лысун БатаRussian
  • kucuk kaya baligiTurkish
  • Лисун БатаUkrainian
  • Bath'in HurmakayasıTurkish
  • Бичок лисун БатаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bath's goby

Other species in the same genus Pomatoschistus.

Polewig

Pomatoschistus minutus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Common goby

Pomatoschistus microps

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Marbled goby

Pomatoschistus marmoratus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Norway goby

Pomatoschistus norvegicus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Quagga goby

Pomatoschistus quagga

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBath's goby vs PolewigBath's goby vs Common gobyBath's goby vs Marbled gobyBath's goby vs Painted goby

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bath's goby an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bath's goby as introduced in 4 countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bath's goby?

The bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi) belongs to the family Gobiidae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/baths-goby

MLA

“Bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/baths-goby.

BibTeX
@misc{baths_goby_2026,
  title = {Bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/baths-goby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}