Gobius tetrophthalmus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author = Carpenter, K.E. | author2 = Smith-Vaniz, W.F. | author3 = de Bruyne, G. | author4 = de Morais, L. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Gobius tetrophthalmus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015 | page = e.T21130177A21913423 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21130177A21913423.en | doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Gobius tetrophthalmus

| authority = Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001

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Gobius tetrophthalmus is a species of marine fish from the family Gobiidae, the true gobies.{{WRMS species|273441|Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito & Miller, 2001||14 January 2019}} It occurs in the Atlantic Ocean around Cape Verde, western Africa, where it is found at depths from {{convert|7|to|25|m|ft}}. It prefers areas with coralline algae though it will also inhabit areas with substrates of sand and rock. This species can reach a length of {{convert|7.8|cm|in}} TL. It is harmless to humans.{{FishBase |genus= Gobius|species= tetrophthalmus| month = June | year = 2013}}