Description
The transparent goby is almost transparent so you can see its silvery swim
blather and other organs. It lives in schools in free water, just below the
surface. Therefore many divers will not see them. It also has the characteristic
connected pelvic fins, like all gobies. Mating is from March to August, and the
eggs are laid on hard substrata.
Size
According to the literature maximum 60 mm long. Specimens up to 90 mm have been
recorded by fishermen.
Colour
Almost transparent with pigmentation on the head.
Habitat
In the free water inshore and in lagoons.
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic from Norway to the Mediterranean and Black sea.