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Naked goby

Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède, 1800)

Status not recordedbony fish

The naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc) is a species in the family Gobiidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the naked 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 naked goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the naked goby as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Germany

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 naked 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 naked goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusGobiosoma
  7. SpeciesGobiosoma bosc (Lacepède, 1800)

Synonyms Gobiosoma bosci, Gobiosoma molestum, Gobius bosc

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • gobio desnudoSpanish
  • Naakte grondelDutch
  • Голый бычокRussian
  • Gobido desnudoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the naked goby

Other species in the same genus Gobiosoma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the naked goby an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the naked goby as introduced in 2 countries: Belgium and Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the naked goby?

The naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc) 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). Naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobiosoma-bosc

MLA

“Naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobiosoma-bosc.

BibTeX
@misc{gobiosoma_bosc_2026,
  title = {Naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobiosoma-bosc},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}