Fish, goby family
Kessler's goby
- Maximum length
- 25cm
- Maximum weight
- 0,2kg
- Best water temperature
- 10–24 °C
- Water today (4.1 °C)
- Tolerates it, but slowed down
About the species Kessler's goby
How to recognise it
Larger head, brownish-yellow colouring with dark spots and pelvic fins fused into a sucker.
Where it lives
Rocky banks of the Danube and its tributaries.
What it feeds on
Invertebrates and small fish.
Spawning
On stony shallows; the male guards the nest.
Invasive species. Never release it into other waters.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Tolerates it, but slowed downTypical water in Slovakia is 4.1 °C today. The species tolerates this temperature (0 to 28 °C), but the water is colder than the ideal 10 to 24 °C. Fish tend to be slower and pickier.
- tolerates 0 to 28 °C
- best 10 to 24 °C
- spawning at 13 to 20 °C
- typical water today 4.1 °C
- Length
- up to 25 cm
- Weight
- up to 0.2 kg
- Oxygen
- Tolerates low oxygen
- Position in the food chain
- 3,5omnivore and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
We do not yet have records of this species at any fishing district. The data are supplemented from the GBIF database.
Similar species
Photo credits
- Kessler's goby: Photo: Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Round goby: Photo: Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bare-throated goby: Photo: Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.