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Yellow-headed goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Gobius
Species:	G. xanthocephalus
Binomial name
Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992

The yellow-headed goby (Gobius xanthocephalus) is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Spain to Madeira and Canary Islands, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it is found in inshore waters at depths of from 1 to 22 metres (3.3 to 72.2 ft) and can be found living under stones. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

References

1. Herler, J.; Williams, J.T. & Kovacic, M. (2014). "Gobius xanthocephalus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T155282A45107519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T155282A45107519.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobius xanthocephalus". FishBase. June 2013 version.

External links

• Photos of Yellow-headed goby on Sealife Collection

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