Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 23

Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758

A native marine species, rarely found in Romanian Black Sea waters, especially in the southern areas ( Miller 1986; Nicolaev et al. 2004; Yankova et al. 2014; Cocan & MireȘan 2018). Ukrainian records around Snake Island (cf. Manilo 2020 and quoted sources) are subject to caution ( Parin et al. 2014), therefore one should be careful of extrapolating the species’ presence in adjacent Romanian waters; Micu & Todorova, 2007 found it in dives in an area including both Bulgarian and Romanian waters, but do not precisely mention where; Vasilev et al. 2012 give its Bulgarian distribution as extending right up to the Romanian border. Photographed by us underwater at Mangalia ( Fig. 5 ).

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FIGURE 5. Gobius paganellus, photographed underwater at Mangalia, Black Sea, 2015, photo Al. Iftime.