''Gobius kolombatovici'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...

native to the northern

Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Se ...

where it occurs at depths of from in areas with patches of rock and softer sediments. This species can reach a length of SL. The

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honours the

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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and

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Juraj Kolombatovic (1843-1908), who carried out extensive work on the small inshore fishes of the Adriatic Sea.

References

* Kovacic M., Miller P.J. (2000) A new species of ''

Gobius ''Gobius'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Gobiidae native to fresh water, fresh, brackish water, brackish and Marine ecosystem, marine waters of and around Europe, Africa and Asia. It contains the typical gobies, being the typ ...

'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the northern

. Cybium, 24(3): 231–239. kolombatovici Fish of Europe Endemic fauna of Croatia Fish of the Adriatic Sea Fish described in 2000 {{Gobiidae-stub