The biology of Roule's goby in the Kvarner area, northern Adriatic Sea

Roule's goby Gobius roulei in the Kvarner area of the northern Adriatic Sea attained greater than or equal to 87.5 mm L sub(T) and an age of 7 years. In both sexes gonad development began in their second year. All males were mature by 3 years, and females by 4 years. Fecundity was related to L sub(T) and varied between 1200 and 8000 eggs. The breeding season lasted from April to August. Nests were built under empty shells of Pitaria chione or stones. Roule's goby was a predator and picker, feeding mostly on mobile benthic fauna, including bivalves, gastropods, polychaets, pagurids, mysids, gammarids and fishes. Larger specimens ate mainly macrofauna, while smaller specimens ate both meiofauna and macrofauna. Copyright 2001 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles