Steven's goby
Encyclopedia
Steven's goby is a species of fish
in the Gobiidae family. A demersal, deepwater marine
fish, Steven's goby is found at depths of 35 to 270 m (114.8 to 885.8 ). It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic, encompassing the western English Channel
, Madeira
, and the Canary Islands
. Steven's goby grows up to 12 centimetres (4.7 in) in length.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Gobiidae family. A demersal, deepwater marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
fish, Steven's goby is found at depths of 35 to 270 m (114.8 to 885.8 ). It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic, encompassing the western English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
, Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
, and the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
. Steven's goby grows up to 12 centimetres (4.7 in) in length.