What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Common Goby been recorded?

Pomatoschistus microps occurrence evidence comes from 16,765 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1933 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

Common Goby
Common Goby — Photo (display-sized rendition): Ove Glenjen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesGobiidaePomatoschistus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

16,765 records across 21 countries and territories, 1933–2026.

Pomatoschistus microps · GBIF taxon key 2379280

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19332026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Common Goby has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Common Goby. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 14,136
Germany 1,038
Mauritania 902
Netherlands 208
Sweden 156
Denmark 134
United Kingdom 39
Australia 30
United States 24
France 22
French Southern Territories 18
Bangladesh 17
Argentina 12
Philippines 12
Costa Rica 8
Spain 4
Guernsey 1
Ireland 1
Namibia 1
Norway 1
Romania 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gobiidae.

Black Goby
Black Goby
9,074 records
Amur goby
8,320 records
Blueband Goby
Blueband Goby
1,335 records
Bichique
31 records
Cotylopus acutipinnis
1 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.