# Transparent goby

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***Aphia minuta***, the **transparent goby**, is a [species](/source/Species) of the [goby](/source/Goby) native to the northeastern [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) where it can be found from [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim), [Norway](/source/Norway) to [Morocco](/source/Morocco). It is also found in the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_Sea), [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) and the [Sea of Azov](/source/Sea_of_Azov). It is a [pelagic](/source/Pelagic) species, inhabiting inshore waters and [estuaries](/source/Estuaries). It can be found at depths of from the surface to 97 metres (318 ft), though it is usually found at 5 to 80 metres (16 to 262 ft), over sandy and muddy bottoms and also in [eelgrass](/source/Zostera) beds. This species can reach a length of 7.9 centimetres (3.1 in) [TL](/source/Fish_measurement). It is an important species to local [commercial fisheries](/source/Commercial_fisheries). It is currently the only known extant member of its [genus](/source/Genus).[1] A fossil relative, †*[Aphia macrophthalma](/source/Aphia_macrophthalma)* Schwarzhans *et al*., 2016 is known from the [Middle Miocene](/source/Middle_Miocene) of [Serbia](/source/Serbia).[2]

## Gastronomy

This fish is appreciated in Spain as part of the [Andalusian](/source/Andalusian_cuisine), [Catalan](/source/Catalan_cuisine) and [Valencian cuisines](/source/Valencian_cuisine),[3] and in Italy as part of the [Italian cuisine](/source/Italian_cuisine).[4] In Andalusia where they are called *chanquetes*, they are traditionally served deep-fried, with fried eggs and roasted or fried [bell pepper](/source/Bell_pepper).[5] Due to their high price and to their now protected species status in Spain, they are often replaced by some species of East Asian [noodlefishes](/source/Salangidae), locally called *chanquete chino* (Chinese *chanquete*), *[Neosalanx tangkahkeii](/source/Neosalanx_tangkahkeii)* and *[Protosalanx](/source/Protosalanx)*.[6][7] This replacement is often done openly, but sometimes it is done fraudulently.[7]

## References

1. Schwarzhans, Werner; Ahnelt, Harald; Carnevale, Giorgio; Japundžić, Sanja; Bradić, Katarina; Bratishko, Andriy (2017-03-01). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies". *Swiss Journal of Palaeontology*. **136** (1): 45–92. [doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7](https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7). [ISSN 1664-2384](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1664-2384)

1. ["Chanquete"](http://www.euroresidentes.com/Alimentos/diccionario_gastronomico/chanquete.htm). Euroresidentes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

1. ["Rossetti"](https://www.facarospauls.com/apps/italian-food-decoder/11104/rossetti). facarospauls.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

1. ["Chanquetes fritos con pimientos, cebolla y huevo frito"](http://www.mis-recetas.org/recetas/show/6306-chanquetes-fritos-con-pimientos-cebolla-y-huevo-frito). Mis-recetas.org. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

1. ["East China Seas Holdings Corporation Ltd. - ECS"](http://www.eastchinaseas.com/spanish/product.asp?classcode=48&keyno=119). Eastchinaseas.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

1. Armani, A.; Castigliego, L.; Tinacci, L.; Gianfaldoni, D.; Guidi, A. (2011). "Molecular characterization of icefish, (Salangidae family), using direct sequencing of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene". *Food Control*. **22** (6): 888–895. [doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.11.020](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.11.020)

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