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Gobius bucchichi or G. bucchichii (Steindachner, 1870)
Original drawing in "Guid d'identification des poissons marins Europe et Mediterranee" by Patrick Louisy Family: GOBIIDAE Order: Perciformes Class: Actinopterygii Size: length (TL) about 10 cm when adult Environment: Reef associated. The animals prefer inshore waters or small pools, muddy and sandy substrata. Symbiotic with Anemonia sulcata “anemone” (the only Mediterranean “anemone”). The species is the only known Mediterranean “anemone” fish as it takes cover within the poisonous stinging tentacles of the animal without been stung, even if it touches them. G. bucchichi is considered as one of the two endemic Mediterranean fish species (the other one is Symphodus ocellatus). Depth: up to 5 m. Food: Small invertebrate animals, crustaceans (with preference to amphipods), polychaetes, mollusks and algae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, northeast Atlantic Ocean Common name: anemone goby, bucchich’s goby General notes: Very good addition to Mediterranean marine systems of a volume not less than four hundred liters (400 l) enclosures with plenty of hiding places and some specimens of A. sulcata “anemones”. They are able to reproduce from the length of about 3,5 cm to 5,0 cm at an age of one (1) year. More photos of A. sulcata one may see at this very site and in particular at the URL: http://malawicichlidhomepage.com/other/anemonia_sulcata.htm |
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