Bellotti's goby

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Bellotti's goby

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author1 = Kovacic, M. | author2 = Herler, J. | author3 = Williams, J.T. |name-list-style = amp | year = 2014 | title = Gobius ater | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2014 | page = e.T194872A49084833 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194872A49084833.en | doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Gobius ater

| authority = Bellotti, 1888

| synonyms =

• Gobius balearicus Lozano y Rey, 1919

}}

Gobius ater, Bellotti's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands and the Gulf of Lion to Nice and Sardinia. It occurs in shallow waters and lagoons where it prefers beds of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. This species can reach a length of {{convert|7.1|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |genus= Gobius|species= ater| month = June | year = 2013}}