Pomatoschistus norvegicus, Norway goby

Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902)

Norway goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Pomatoschistus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, schistos = divided (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 325 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 71°N - 35°N, 11°W - 25°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Lofoten to western English Channel (Ref. 4696). Rare in the Mediterranean.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388)

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Distinguished by the following characteristics: dark spot in rear end of first dorsal fin. Scales on the back of first dorsal fin, no scales on breast (Ref. 35388); fins: Dl VI, D2 1/8 - 9 (8: 1, 9:4), A 1/9, P 16 - 17 (16: 1,17: 4), C 15 principle rays (12 branched rays), V I/5+5/I; scales: abraded, breast naked (no scale pockets); narrow attachment of the branchiostegal membrane on the isthmus; lateral line system: anterior section of row i and supralabial section of row d in single series; longitudinal suborbital row b anteriorly ending below anterior third to half of eye; suborbital transversal rows c2 and c4 penetrating through longitudinal row d, last row c passing row d; male specimen shows the characteristic colouration with a black spot in the rear of Dl and 11 dark vertical striae on the sides, pigmented breast and ventral disc (Ref. 86376).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found offshore on mud and coarse shell deposits (Ref. 4696). Can hybridize with Pomatoschistus lozanoi (Ref. 35388).

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Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00724 (0.00377 - 0.01394), b=3.04 (2.88 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.3   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (15 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 112 [60, 287] mg/100g; Iron = 0.56 [0.26, 1.17] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.837 [0.358, 1.730] g/100g; Selenium = 12 [6, 30] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.8 [5.6, 95.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.953 [0.620, 1.475] mg/100g (wet weight);