Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Arno goby (Padogobius nigricans), recorded as Endangered
Arno goby (Padogobius nigricans). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Arno goby

Padogobius nigricans

Arno goby, the Arno goby, is a goby endemic to Italy.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Padogobius nigricans
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Gobiidae · Padogobius

The goby

Males of this species reach a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL while the females only reach 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

Arno goby, the Arno goby, is a goby endemic to Italy. It occurs in streams, staying to well-vegetated edge areas.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Arno goby is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Arno goby — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1082889. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Arno goby?
Arno goby is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes) — Padogobius nigricans.
What is the conservation status of Arno goby?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Padogobius nigricans. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Arno goby live?
Arno goby, the Arno goby, is a goby endemic to Italy.
Why is Arno goby in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Padogobius nigricans?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Arno goby a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.