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title: "Zwarte grondel"
description: "Gobius niger — Vissen. The black goby (Gobius niger) is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-goby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwarte grondel

> Gobius niger — Vissen. The black goby (Gobius niger) is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.

- Scientific name: *Gobius niger*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3520
- Wikidata: [Q754450](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754450)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118704](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118704)

## Names

- en: Black Goby
- de: Schwarzgrundel
- es: Gobio Negro
- fr: Gobie noir
- nl: Zwarte grondel
- pt: Caboz-negro
- pl: Babka czarna

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1137), ES (712), GR (322), HR (235), NL (125), DK (121), GB (103), IT (93), NO (79), SE (69), DE (60), TR (42)

## Summary

The black goby (Gobius niger) is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and sometimes small fish. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
This fish reaches a maximum length of 18 centimetres (7 in) TL. This fish's neck is scaled and both of its dorsal fins have a black spot on the front end.

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

## Photo

![Zwarte grondel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-goby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117541477

## Machine access

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