Fish of the Lesueurigobius genus of the Gobiinae (true gobies) subfamily of the Gobiidae family of the Gobiiformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Lesueur’s goby. Photo by © Stéphane Jamme. doris.ffessm.fr)
Lesueur‘s goby (Lesueurigobius suerii) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
It inhabits at depths of up to 337 meters. It is a deep-sea species. It occurs near a muddy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 6 cm. It feeds on zooplankton.
(Lesueur’s goby. Photo by © Grégory Dallavalle. doris.ffessm.fr)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the north-eastern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Lesueur‘s goby (Lesueurigobius suerii) in other languages as follows:
Γωγιός Σουέρι (Govios Sueri) (Greek), Ghiozzetto tigrato (Italian), Langschwänzige grundel (German), Babka niebieskożółta (Polish), Gujočić repaš, Glavočić repaš (Serbian, Croatian), Tigrasti glavač (Slovenian), Gobie de Lesueur (French).