Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Gobio (Gobius cruentatus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2021-09-10, DD 62.jpg

File:Gobio (Gobius cruentatus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2021-09-10, DD 62.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family_:_Gobiidae_(Gobies)
•  Info Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This species of goby is native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwestern Ireland to the coasts of Morocco and Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters at depths of from 15 to 40 metres (49 to 131 ft) in areas with rocky or sandy substrates or in meadows of sea-grass. Gobius cruentatus can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It may also be found in the aquarium trade. Note: if successful it would be the first FP of the genus Gobius. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry; I think this will be a good valued image if it's best in scope, but apart from doubts about whether it's sharp enough or stands out enough (camouflage being good for the fish but challenging for great photography), I don't feel like this is a great composition, though it might be a good enough one if I were otherwise satisfied. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:25, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

  I have seen this species one time in my life, and I see detail there although the fish is not really big, but ok, that's your opinion. Poco a poco (talk) 21:41, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

• Its status is "least concern," so it's somewhere. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:02, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

• But maybe I don't know enough to judge this photo fairly. You're right: it's not that big, and the fish is beautiful. I'll punt this to others, but I'm definitely more comfortable with nominations that are sharper. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:38, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

• The fact that this species is of least concern, does mean, as you say, that it's somewhere. But if this goby, or any other species, is e.g. prefering the 40 m depth rather than the 20 m (what I don't know) then you'll very rarely see it. Recreational diving ends at 30m. Below that we talk about technical diving, for which you need a special equipment and certificates. Poco a poco (talk) 07:45, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 09:18, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 13:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- IamMM (talk) 18:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Could be more of a contrast with the background but still very good capture Cmao20 (talk) 19:20, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support I like the earth tones with the few blue-purple highlights. Daniel Case (talk) 03:45, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Aristeas (talk) 05:09, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:42, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 07:33, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alex Florstein (talk) 06:50, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:10, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Fish#Family_:_Gobiidae_(Gobies)