New Zealand black goby

New Zealand black goby
New Zealand black goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species: G. atrata
Binomial name
Gobiopsis atrata
(Griffin, 1933)

The New Zealand black goby, Gobiopsis atrata, is a goby of the family Gobiidae, found around northern New Zealand to depths of about 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock and sand or mud. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.

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