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Couch's goby

Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974

Status not recordedbony fish

The couch's goby (Gobius couchi) is a species in the family Gobiidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the couch'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 couch's goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the couch's goby as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 couch'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 couch's goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusGobius
  7. SpeciesGobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974
Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • hlaváč CouchůvCzech
  • gobi CouchWelsh
  • Couch-GrundelGerman
  • marmoritäplätokkoFinnish
  • Gobie de CouchFrench
  • Glavoč uvijeniCroatian
  • Gobide di CouchItalian
  • Couch' grondelDutch
  • Бычок КаучаRussian
  • Rutryggad smörbultSwedish
  • Gobïod CouchWelsh
  • Couch`s GrundelGerman
  • Ghiozzo di CouchItalian
  • Couch's grondel (foutieve spelling)Dutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the couch's goby

Other species in the same genus Gobius.

Giant goby

Gobius cobitis

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Rock goby

Gobius paganellus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Golden goby

Gobius xanthocephalus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCouch's goby vs Black gobyCouch's goby vs Giant gobyCouch's goby vs Rock gobyCouch's goby vs Anemone goby

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the couch's goby an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the couch's goby as introduced in 1 country: Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the couch's goby?

The couch's goby (Gobius couchi) belongs to the family Gobiidae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Couch's goby (Gobius couchi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/couchs-goby

MLA

“Couch's goby (Gobius couchi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/couchs-goby.

BibTeX
@misc{couchs_goby_2026,
  title = {Couch's goby (Gobius couchi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/couchs-goby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}