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title: "Giant Goby"
description: "Gobius cobitis — Pesci. The giant goby (Gobius cobitis) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/giant-goby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Goby

> Gobius cobitis — Pesci. The giant goby (Gobius cobitis) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft).

- Scientific name: *Gobius cobitis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3168
- Wikidata: [Q2082203](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2082203)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118703](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118703)

## Names

- en: Giant Goby
- de: Riesengrundel
- es: Gobio gigante
- fr: Gobie à grosse tête
- pl: Babka olbrzymia

## Countries with the most observations

ES (627), FR (615), HR (346), GR (339), IT (292), PT (275), GB (85), TR (77), IL (42), JE (42), UA (25), SI (24)

## Summary

The giant goby (Gobius cobitis) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft).  This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_goby

## Photo

![Giant Goby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-goby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Niklas Wahlberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377477484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-goby?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).