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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobiodon

(See list of species below)


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27 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 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 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 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 Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon ater
[Black coralgoby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

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

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon atrangulatus
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
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 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 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 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 Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon citrinus
[Poison goby]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

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

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Gobiodon erythrospilus
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
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 Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon fuscoruber
[Brown-red coralgoby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

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

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
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 Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon histrio
[Broad-barred goby]

Photo by Herler, J.

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

Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon irregularis
[Rufous coralgoby]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
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 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 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 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 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 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 Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon reticulatus
[Reticulate goby]

Photo by Herler, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)

Photo by Herler, J.
 
Gobiodon rivulatus
[Rippled coralgoby]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
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 Allen, G.R.
 
Gobiodon unicolor
[Unicolor coralgoby]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Gobiodon winterbottomi
[]
27 Species of Family Gobiidae with Genus Gobiodon
(Gobies)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1995 Gobiodon acicularis Needlespine coral goby Western Central Pacific 3.9 SL
1972 Gobiodon albofasciatus Whitelined coral goby Western Pacific 2.5 SL
2013 Gobiodon aoyagii Western Pacific 3.5 SL
2013 Gobiodon ater Black coralgoby Indo-West Pacific, Red Se 2.7 SL
1903 Gobiodon atrangulatus Western Pacific 3.5 TL
1884 Gobiodon axillaris Red-striped coralgoby Indo-West Pacific
2013 Gobiodon bilineatus Two-lined coralgoby Indo-West Pacific 3.6 SL
1999 Gobiodon brochus Rasp coralgoby Western Central Pacific 2.6 SL
1853 Gobiodon ceramensis Ceram coralgoby Western Central Pacific. 3.5 TL
1838 Gobiodon citrinus Poison goby Indo-West Pacific 6.6 TL
1875 Gobiodon erythrospilus West Pacific 5.4 TL
1927 Gobiodon fulvus Indo-West Pacific
2013 Gobiodon fuscoruber Brown-red coralgoby Indo-West Pacific, Red Se 3.7 SL
1856 Gobiodon heterospilos Head and tailspotted coralgoby Western Pacific 6.6 TL
1837 Gobiodon histrio Broad-barred goby Indo-West Pacific 3.5 TL
2013 Gobiodon irregularis Rufous coralgoby Western Indian Ocean 3.2 SL
1861 Gobiodon micropus Indo-Pacific. 3.5 TL
1979 Gobiodon multilineatus Western Pacific 3.5 TL
1979 Gobiodon oculolineatus Eyeline coralgoby Northwest Pacific 3.5 TL
1972 Gobiodon okinawae Okinawa goby Western Pacific 3.5 TL
2005 Gobiodon prolixus Elongate coralgoby Indo-Pacific. 3.2 SL
1837 Gobiodon quinquestrigatus Five-lined coral goby Pacific Ocean 4.5 SL
1867 Gobiodon reticulatus Reticulate goby Western Indian Ocean 2.1 TL
1830 Gobiodon rivulatus Rippled coralgoby Indo-West Pacific 5 TL
1944 Gobiodon spilophthalmus White-lined coral goby Eastern Indian Ocean 3.6 TL
1873 Gobiodon unicolor Unicolor coralgoby Western Indian Ocean 2.8 SL
2012 Gobiodon winterbottomi Northwest Pacific 3.3 SL



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