The painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) is a small goby of Western European waters from Trondheim Fjord to Spain, the Canary Islands and is sometimes reported in the Mediterranean Sea. Also mentioned in the Black Sea. It lives at depths from 1 to 55 metres, preferring a gravelly or sandy environment. Its young may sometimes be found in tide pools. It feeds on amphipods and copepods. Order: Perciformes, Family: Gobiidae, Subfamily: Gobiinae.
Synonyms:
Gobius pictus Malm, 1865
Pomatoschistus pictus pictus (Malm, 1865)
Gobius rhodopterus Günther, 1861
Gobius affinis Kolombatović, 1891
Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus P. J. Miller, 1973
