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Published 2014
In the Mediterranean and adjacent waters of the Atlantic there are about 50 species, of which a few attain a size which makes them worth eating. An example is Gobius niger, the black goby, which may be 15 cm (6") long and which is not uncommon in the markets of Italy and Turkey; and another is G. cobitis, larger still. Discrimination among and appreciation of gobies is greater in Turkey than in any other European country.