Danube Gudgeon

Gobio ( Romanogobio uranoscopus )

The gobio ( Romanogobio uranoscopus ) is a rare Central European fish of the carp family -like. By 1996, the species was in genus Gobio.

Features

The gobio has a spindle-shaped body which is flattened on the belly and a long, thin caudal peduncle has. Being under constant proboscis mouth makes the fish food intake on a body of water. In addition, the gobio has two barbels and medium-sized shed. The caudal fin is forked, its anal fin, however just. Both fins have 1-2 dark spot bandages. The back and sides of the Steingreßlings have 4-5 brownish saddle binding. The average size of the Steingreßlings is 8-12 cm. Rarely these fish grow up to 15 cm tall. The gobio can easily be confused with the gudgeon, which, however, has shorter barbels and has a not so thin and almost round body like the gobio. The only Gründlingsart the gobio has a scaly throat.

Habitat and Distribution

The gobio preferred fast flowing, oxygen-rich waters with sand and gravel base. The preferred flow rate is between 0.5 and 1.5 m / s He lives in the barbel region in the Danube catchment area. Deposits are approximately in the Savinja, Save and inflows, Sora and inflows, Murzuflüsse in Slovenia, in the lower reaches of the Lavant and the Danube in the Vienna area. The gobio is now danger of total extinction. He is listed in Annex II of the Fauna-Flora -Habitat Directive. Regionally, it is already extinct, there are only small residual populations. In the last century it was currently frequently and was considered expensive paid delicacy. Today he no longer has any importance in the economy. In November 2009 Steingreßlinge in Lech in Bavaria could be detected first time in over 100 years.

Reproduction

He is one of the Frühjahrslaichern because it spawns in the period from May to June. The gobio is a substrate spawner, he seeks to spawn shallow and gravelly places in the flowing water. The males get in the spawning period usually a tuberculate.

Way of life

The gobio usually occurs in small packs. He considers himself preferred to the river bottom. It feeds on insect larvae, worms, and other small soil animals as well as from the nursery.