Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobiodon

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29 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Gobiodon acicularis
[Needlespine coral goby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai, 1972

Photo by Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon albofasciatus
[Whitelined coral goby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, Suzuki & Aizawa, 2013

Photo by Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon aoyagii
[]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific, Red Se
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon ater
[Black coralgoby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman, 1903

Photo by Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon atrangulatus
[]

Photo by Gomen See@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Gobiodon axillaris De Vis, 1884

Photo by Photo by Gomen See@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey
 
Gobiodon axillaris
[Red-striped coralgoby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon bilineatus
[Two-lined coralgoby]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.6 cm SL
Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom, 1999

Photo by Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Gobiodon brochus
[Rasp coralgoby]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon ceramensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Photo by Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Gobiodon ceramensis
[Ceram coralgoby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.6 cm TL
Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon citrinus
[Poison goby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

West Pacific
Max. Length 5.4 cm TL
Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875

Photo by Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon erythrospilus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm SL
 
Gobiodon fulvus
[]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific, Red Se
Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon fuscoruber
[Brown-red coralgoby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 6.6 cm TL
Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856

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Gobiodon heterospilos
[Head and tailspotted coralgoby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes, 1837)

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon histrio
[Broad-barred goby]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
 
Gobiodon howsoni
[Howson's coralgoby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.2 cm SL
Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon irregularis
[Rufous coralgoby]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Gobiodon micropus
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon multilineatus Wu, 1979

Photo by Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gobiodon multilineatus
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon oculolineatus Wu, 1979

Photo by Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Gobiodon oculolineatus
[Eyeline coralgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Gobiodon okinawae
[Okinawa goby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3.2 cm SL
Gobiodon prolixus Winterbottom & Harold, 2005

Photo by Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Gobiodon prolixus
[Elongate coralgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Gobiodon quinquestrigatus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Gobiodon quinquestrigatus
[Five-lined coral goby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 2.1 cm TL
Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair, 1867

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon reticulatus
[Reticulate goby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.4 cm TL
Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)

Photo by Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon rivulatus
[Rippled coralgoby]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SL
 
Gobiodon spadix
[Akane coral goby]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm TL
 
Gobiodon spilophthalmus
[White-lined coral goby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Gobiodon unicolor (Castelnau, 1873)

Photo by Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Gobiodon unicolor
[Unicolor coralgoby]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Gobiodon winterbottomi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gobiodon acicularis Needlespine coral goby Western Central Pacific 3.9 SL 1995
Gobiodon albofasciatus Whitelined coral goby Western Pacific 2.5 SL 1972
Gobiodon aoyagii Western Pacific 3.5 SL 2013
Gobiodon ater Black coralgoby Indo-West Pacific, Red Se 2.7 SL 2013
Gobiodon atrangulatus Western Pacific 3.5 TL 1903
Gobiodon axillaris Red-striped coralgoby Indo-West Pacific 3 TL 1884
Gobiodon bilineatus Two-lined coralgoby Indo-West Pacific 3.6 SL 2013
Gobiodon brochus Rasp coralgoby Western Central Pacific 2.6 SL 1999
Gobiodon ceramensis Ceram coralgoby Western Central Pacific. 3.5 TL 1853
Gobiodon citrinus Poison goby Indo-West Pacific 6.6 TL 1838
Gobiodon erythrospilus West Pacific 5.4 TL 1875
Gobiodon fulvus Indo-West Pacific 1.2 SL 1927
Gobiodon fuscoruber Brown-red coralgoby Indo-West Pacific, Red Se 3.7 SL 2013
Gobiodon heterospilos Head and tailspotted coralgoby Western Pacific 6.6 TL 1856
Gobiodon histrio Broad-barred goby Indo-West Pacific 3.5 TL 1837
Gobiodon howsoni Howson's coralgoby Eastern Indian Ocean 2.7 SL 2021
Gobiodon irregularis Rufous coralgoby Western Indian Ocean 3.2 SL 2013
Gobiodon micropus Indo-Pacific. 3.5 TL 1861
Gobiodon multilineatus Western Pacific 3.5 TL 1979
Gobiodon oculolineatus Eyeline coralgoby Northwest Pacific 3.5 TL 1979
Gobiodon okinawae Okinawa goby Western Pacific 3.5 TL 1972
Gobiodon prolixus Elongate coralgoby Indo-Pacific. 3.2 SL 2005
Gobiodon quinquestrigatus Five-lined coral goby Pacific Ocean 4.5 SL 1837
Gobiodon reticulatus Reticulate goby Western Indian Ocean 2.1 TL 1867
Gobiodon rivulatus Rippled coralgoby Indo-West Pacific 6.4 TL 1830
Gobiodon spadix Akane coral goby West Pacific 4 SL 2024
Gobiodon spilophthalmus White-lined coral goby Eastern Indian Ocean 3.6 TL 1944
Gobiodon unicolor Unicolor coralgoby Western Indian Ocean 2.8 SL 1873
Gobiodon winterbottomi Northwest Pacific 3.3 SL 2012



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