Red spotted goby

Latin: Thorogobius ephippiatus

Size:

Up to 13 cm.

Levested:

Steinur down to 20 meters.

Distribution:

In the Atlantic Ocean, from Madeira north to the British Isles and Trøndelag.

Food:

Seaweed fleas and polychaete worms.

Facts about red-spotted goby

This is a species that was first observed in Norway in the 1980s. Since then, the species has become increasingly common and spread northwards, perhaps due to global warming.

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