Grass goby

The Grass goby lives in the demersal, oceanodromous, brackish, marine, depth range 30 - m environment.

The grass goby is a large coastal fish inhabiting sea grass (Zostera sp.) meadows in shallow brackish water. In the Venetian Lagoon (North Adriatic Sea, Italy), it achieves sexual maturity at 1 year of age and lives up to 3 years. More

family, Grass goby is threat of industrial pollution and population trends are declining. Unfortunately conservation measures are note taken. More

Proterorhinus marmoratus, the grass goby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus—were examined for helminths. The Czekanowski–Sørensen index (Ics) was used for comparing the helminth faunas. The infection indices were compared using the discriminant analysis. Results. The fishes examined yielded a total of 24 helminth species. More

Growth of grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) in Venice lagoon and relationship with habitat quality. 10. Europ. Congr. Ichthyol, Prague. p. 103. Franco A, F. Riccato,S. Malavasi, P. Franzoi & T. More

Common names

Babka tasiemcowa in Polish (polski)
Babka wezoglowa in Polish (polski)
Babka wężogłowa in Polish (polski)
Burdullak in Albanian (Shqip)
Bychok travyanoi in Russian (русский язык)
Bychok-travyanik in Russian (русский язык)
Caboz-cabeça-de-cobra in Portuguese (Português)
Fiurrazzeddu in Italian (Italiano)
Ghiozzo go in Italian (Italiano)
Glavoc travaš in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Glavoc travaš in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Gò in Italian (Italiano)
Goato in Italian (Italiano)
Goato di lumiera in Italian (Italiano)
Gobi bavós in Catalan (Català)
Gobie lote in French (français)
Gobie-lote in French (français)
Gobio serpentón in Spanish (español)
Grasgrundel in German (Deutsch)
Grass goby in English
Guvid in Rumanian
Guvid de iarba in Rumanian
Maccioni fimminedda in Italian (Italiano)
Maccioni fiurrazzu in Italian (Italiano)
Maciarele in Italian (Italiano)
Mazzun ghajnejh zghar in Maltese (Malti)
Ormhuvad Smörbult in Swedish (Svenska)
Panzon in Italian (Italiano)
Prasinogovios in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Prasinogovios in Greek, Modern (1453)
Sazkayasi baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Sazkayası balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Schlangenkopfgrundel in German (Deutsch)
Slangehovedkutling in Danish (dansk)
Travni glavaè in Slovene
Travni glavaè in Slovenian (slovenščina)
Travyanik in Russian (русский язык)
weed goby in English
Γωβιός in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Κωβιός in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Πρασινογωβιός in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Πρασινογωβιός in Greek, Modern (1453)
蛇头鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
蛇頭鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
蜥头鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
蜥頭鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Gobiidae
Genus : Zosterisessor
Species : Zosterisessor ophiocephalus
Authority : Pallas, 1814