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Family: Gobiidae Gobies



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cabillus caudimacula Eastern Central Pacific 2.2 TL 2004
Cabillus lacertops Lizard cabillus Indo-Pacific 4 TL 1959
Cabillus macrophthalmus Bigeye cabillus Indo-West Pacific. Seyche 2.5 SL 1909
Cabillus nigromarginatus Western Indian Ocean 2.5 SL 2013
Cabillus nigrostigmus Western Indian Ocean 4.2 SL 2013
Cabillus pexus Northwest Pacific 2.2 SL 2013
Cabillus tongarevae Tongareva goby Indo-Pacific 3.0 SL 1927
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus Asia 1991
Caffrogobius agulhensis Agulhas goby Southeast Atlantic 7.5 TL 1927
Caffrogobius caffer Western Indian Ocean and 18 TL 1874
Caffrogobius dubius Western Indian Ocean 2.8 SL 1959
Caffrogobius gilchristi Prison goby Western Indian Ocean and 15 TL 1898
Caffrogobius natalensis Baldy Western Indian Ocean and 10.2 TL 1874
Caffrogobius nudiceps Barehead goby Southeast Atlantic 14 TL 1837
Caffrogobius saldanha Commafin goby Southeast Atlantic 12.5 TL 1927
Callogobius albipunctatus Northwest Pacific 3.6 SL 2021
Callogobius amikami Western Indian Ocean 3.9 TL 1991
Callogobius andamanensis Andaman goby Eastern Indian Ocean 5.4 SL 1974
Callogobius bauchotae Bauchot's goby Western Central Pacific 3.3 SL 1979
Callogobius bifasciatus Doublebar goby Western Indian Ocean 7 TL 1958
Callogobius centrolepis Centrescale goby Indo-Pacific 4 SL 1909
Callogobius clitellus Saddled goby Western Pacific 5 SL 1978
Callogobius crassus Stout goby Western Pacific 3.5 TL 1984
Callogobius depressus Flathead goby Indo-West Pacific 14 TL 1886
Callogobius dori Western Indian Ocean 2.4 SL 1980
Callogobius dorsomaculatus Norhwest Pacific 3.7 SL 2021
Callogobius falx Wagtail Goby Western Pacific 2.3 SL 2021
Callogobius flavobrunneus Slimy goby Indo-West Pacific. 7 TL 1958
Callogobius hasseltii Hasselt's goby West Pacific. 7.3 TL 1851
Callogobius hastatus Spearfin goby Western Pacific 7.5 TL 1978
Callogobius maculipinnis Ostrich goby Indo-Pacific 6.8 TL 1918
Callogobius mucosus Sculptured goby Indo-Pacific 11 TL 1872
Callogobius nigromarginatus Northwest Pacific 2000
Callogobius okinawae Okinawa flap-headed goby Western Pacific 5 SL 1908
Callogobius pilosimentum Hairy-chinned flapheaded goby Western Indian Ocean 6.7 SL 2016
Callogobius plumatus Feather goby Indo-Pacific 3.9 SL 1959
Callogobius producta Elongate flap-headed goby Western Central Pacific 7 TL 1927
Callogobius sclateri Pacific goby Indo-Pacific 7 TL 1879
Callogobius seshaiyai Indian Ocean 3.5 SL 1960
Callogobius sheni Northwest Pacific 2.8 SL 2006
Callogobius snelliusi Western Pacific 3.3 SL 1953
Callogobius stellatus Stellar goby Asia 4.3 TL 1978
Callogobius swifti Swift's goby Western Central Pacific 2.3 SL 2020
Callogobius tanegasimae Western Pacific 5.5 SL 1908
Callogobius tutuilae Eastern Central Pacific 1.9 SL 1906
Callogobius winterbottomi Winterbottom’s flapheaded goby Western Indian Ocean 3.8 SL 2013
Caragobius burmanicus Burmese geel goby Asia 10 TL 1926
Caragobius rubristriatus Red eelgoby Western Pacific 1889
Caragobius urolepis Scaleless worm goby Indo-West Pacific 8.5 SL 1852
Carrigobius amblyrhynchus Blunt-snout goby Western Central Atlantic 4 SL 1999
Caspiosoma caspium Caspian naked goby Eurasia 4.5 TL 1877
Cerogobius petrophilus Horned goby Red Sea 1.7 SL 2019
Chaenogobius annularis Forktongue goby Asia 16 TL 1859
Chaenogobius gulosus Western Pacific 11.7 SL 1882
Chaeturichthys jeoni Western Pacific 22 SL 2013
Chaeturichthys stigmatias Branded goby Western Pacific 28.2 TL 1844
Chlamydogobius eremius Desert goby Oceania 6 TL 1896
Chlamydogobius gloveri Dalhousie goby Oceania 4.5 SL 1995
Chlamydogobius japalpa Finke goby Oceania 5.5 SL 1995
Chlamydogobius micropterus Elizabeth springs goby Oceania 3 SL 1995
Chlamydogobius ranunculus Tadpole goby Oceania 3.8 SL 1995
Chlamydogobius squamigenus Edgbaston goby Oceania 4.8 SL 1995
Chriolepis atrimelum Black-cheek goby Eastern Central Pacific 1997
Chriolepis benthonis Deepwater goby Western Atlantic 1953
Chriolepis cuneata Rail goby Eastern Central Pacific 1990
Chriolepis dialepta White-starred goby Eastern Central Pacific 1990
Chriolepis fisheri Translucent goby Western Central Atlantic 2.5 TL 1942
Chriolepis lepidota Pretty goby Southeast Pacific 1975
Chriolepis minutilla Rubble goby Eastern Central Pacific 3.2 TL 1892
Chriolepis roosevelti Roosevelt's goby Western Central Atlantic. 6.1 SL 1939
Chriolepis semisquamata Secret goby Eastern Central Pacific 6.3 TL 1904
Chriolepis tagus Mystery goby Southeast Pacific 1.6 SL 1953
Chriolepis vespa Wasp goby Western Atlantic 3.8 NG 1981
Chriolepis zebra Gecko goby Eastern Central Pacific 4.4 TL 1938
Chromogobius britoi Brito's goby Atlantic Ocean 3.4 SL 2001
Chromogobius quadrivittatus Chestnut goby Mediterranean Sea and Bla 6.6 SL 1863
Chromogobius zebratus Kolombatovic's goby Mediterranean Sea 5.3 SL 1891
Clariger chionomaculatus Northwest Pacific 4.6 SL 1988
Clariger cosmurus Northwest Pacific 2.7 SL 1901
Clariger exilis Northwest Pacific 1911
Clariger papillosus Northwest Pacific 1935
Clariger sirahamaensis Northwest Pacific 1932
Clariger taiwanensis Northwest Pacific 3.6 SL 2012
Clevelandia ios Arrow goby Eastern Pacific 6.4 SL 1882
Corcyrogobius liechtensteini Liechtenstein's goby Mediterranean Sea 2.5 TL 1891
Corcyrogobius lubbocki Eastern Atlantic 2 TL 1988
Corcyrogobius pulcher Senegal goby Eastern Central Atlantic 2.1 SL 2020
Coryogalops adamsoni Adamson's goby Western Indian Ocean 6.5 TL 1985
Coryogalops anomolus Anomolous goby Western Indian Ocean 5.8 TL 1958
Coryogalops bretti Southeast Atlantic 1991
Coryogalops bulejiensis Thinbarred goby Western Indian Ocean 4.5 TL 1983
Coryogalops guttatus Western Indian Ocean 2.4 SL 2014
Coryogalops monospilus Onespot goby Western Indian Ocean 5 TL 1994
Coryogalops nanus Western Indian Ocean 1.5 SL 2016
Coryogalops ocheticus Suez goby Western Indian Ocean 6.2 TL 1927
Coryogalops pseudomonospilus Western Indian Ocean 2.2 SL 2014
Coryogalops sordidus Epaulette goby Western Indian Ocean 5.2 TL 1959
Coryogalops tessellatus Western Indian Ocean 3.5 SL 1994
Coryogalops william Kaalpens goby Western Indian Ocean 6.2 TL 1948
Coryphopterus alloides Barfin goby Western Atlantic 4 TL 1960
Coryphopterus curasub Western Central Atlantic 3.3 SL 2015
Coryphopterus dicrus Colon goby Western Atlantic 5 TL 1960
Coryphopterus eidolon Pallid goby Western Atlantic 6 TL 1960
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Bridled goby Western Atlantic 8 TL 1863
Coryphopterus hyalinus Glass goby Western Atlantic 2.5 TL 1962
Coryphopterus kuna Kuna goby Western Atlantic 1.7 SL 2007
Coryphopterus lipernes Peppermint goby Western Atlantic 3 TL 1962
Coryphopterus personatus Masked goby Western Central Atlantic 4 TL 1905
Coryphopterus punctipectophorus Spotted goby Western Atlantic 7.5 TL 1960
Coryphopterus thrix Bartail goby Western Atlantic 5 TL 1960
Coryphopterus tortugae Patch-reef goby Western Central Atlantic 4.1 SL 1904
Coryphopterus urospilus Redlight goby Eastern Central Pacific 6.5 TL 1938
Coryphopterus venezuelae Western Atlantic 7.5 TL 1966
Cotylopus acutipinnis Africa 13.4 TL 1863
Cotylopus rubripinnis Africa 4.9 SL 2005
Cristatogobius albius Western Pacific. 1959
Cristatogobius aurimaculatus Western Pacific 3.9 SL 2000
Cristatogobius lophius Western Pacific 5.1 SL 1927
Cristatogobius nonatoae Western Pacific 2.6 SL 1940
Cristatogobius rubripectoralis Redfin crestedgoby Western Central Pacific 6.1 SL 2003
Croilia mossambica Burrowing goby Africa 6.4 TL 1955
Cryptocentroides arabicus Arabian goby Western Indian Ocean 13.5 TL 1789
Cryptocentroides gobioides Crested oystergoby Western Pacific 12 TL 1886
Cryptocentroides insignis Insignia prawn-goby Western Pacific 8.6 TL 1910
Cryptocentrus albidorsus White-backed shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7.5 SL 1978
Cryptocentrus altipinna Highfin shrimpgoby Indian Ocean 5.9 SL 2019
Cryptocentrus bulbiceps Bluelined shrimpgoby Western Pacific 1953
Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus Blue-speckled prawn-goby Indo-Pacific 10 SL 1933
Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus Harlequin prawn-goby Western Indian Ocean 13 TL 1830
Cryptocentrus callopterus Western Pacific 1945
Cryptocentrus cebuanus Cebu shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 10 TL 1927
Cryptocentrus cinctus Yellow prawn-goby Western Pacific 10 SL 1936
Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus Ninebar prawn-goby Western Indian Ocean 13 TL 1837
Cryptocentrus cyanospilotus Bluespot shrimpgoby Western Pacific 4.1 SL 2011
Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia Lagoon shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 12 TL 1853
Cryptocentrus diproctotaenia Western Pacific 1876
Cryptocentrus epakros Pointedfin shrimpgoby Western Pacific 5 SL 2015
Cryptocentrus fasciatus Y-bar shrimp goby Indo-West Pacific 14 TL 1867
Cryptocentrus flavus Northwest Pacific 1978
Cryptocentrus inexplicatus Inexplicable shrimpgoby Western Pacific 12 SL 1934
Cryptocentrus insignitus Signal goby Western Central Pacific. 1956
Cryptocentrus leonis Western Pacific 1931
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Pink-speckled shrimpgoby Western Pacific 12 SL 1876
Cryptocentrus leucostictus Saddled prawn-goby Western Pacific. Reporte 7.5 SL 1872
Cryptocentrus lutheri Luther's prawn-goby Western Indian Ocean 11 TL 1960
Cryptocentrus malindiensis Western Indian Ocean 1959
Cryptocentrus maudae Maude's shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific. 10 SL 1937
Cryptocentrus melanopus Western Pacific 1860
Cryptocentrus multicinctus Multibarred shrimpgoby Western Pacific 9 SL 2011
Cryptocentrus nanus Blackdwarf shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 2.3 SL 2018
Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus Blackspot shrimpgoby Northwest Pacific. 13 TL 1978
Cryptocentrus niveatus Western Central Pacific. 1837
Cryptocentrus octofasciatus Blue-speckled prawn goby Indo-West Pacific 4.5 SL 1908
Cryptocentrus pavoninoides Peacock shrimpgoby Western Central Pacific 15 SL 1849
Cryptocentrus polyophthalmus Western Pacific 14 SL 1853
Cryptocentrus pretiosus Western Pacific. 1924
Cryptocentrus sericus Ventral-barred shrimpgoby East indian Ocean to West 10 TL 1932
Cryptocentrus shigensis Shige shrimpgoby Western Pacific 7.9 SL 1956
Cryptocentrus steinhardti Steinhardt’s shrimp-goby Mediterranean 8.2 TL 2021
Cryptocentrus strigilliceps Target shrimp goby Indo-Pacific 12 TL 1906
Cryptocentrus tentaculatus Tentacle shrimpgoby Western Pacific 2004
Cryptocentrus wehrlei Western Pacific 1937
Cryptocentrus yatsui Western Pacific 1936
Cryptopsilotris batrachodes Toadfish goby Western Atlantic 1.9 SL 1963
Crystallogobius linearis Crystal goby Eastern Atlantic 4.7 SL 1845
Ctenogobiops aurocingulus Gold-streaked prawn-goby Western Pacific 8 SL 1935
Ctenogobiops crocineus Indo-Pacific 5.5 SL 1959
Ctenogobiops feroculus Sandy prawn-goby Indo-West Pacific 8 SL 1977
Ctenogobiops formosa Northwest Pacific 4.6 SL 2003
Ctenogobiops maculosus Seychelles shrimpgoby Western Indian Ocean 6.7 SL 1955
Ctenogobiops mitodes Thread shrimpgoby Western Pacific. 5.3 SL 2007
Ctenogobiops pomastictus Gold-specked prawn-goby Western Pacific 8 SL 1977
Ctenogobiops tangaroai Tangaroa shrimpgoby Pacific Ocean. 6 TL 1977
Ctenogobiops tongaensis Eastern Central Pacific 3.9 SL 2003
Ctenogobius aestivaregia Asia 1934
Ctenogobius boleosoma Darter goby Western Atlantic 7.5 TL 1882
Ctenogobius cervicosquamus Asia 5 SL 1986
Ctenogobius chengtuensis Asia 1944
Ctenogobius chusanensis Northwest Pacific 9.1 TL 1940
Ctenogobius clarki Asia 1927
Ctenogobius claytonii Mexican goby North, Central and South 5.8 SL 1902
Ctenogobius fasciatus Blotchcheek goby Western Central Atlantic 7.2 NG 1858
Ctenogobius fukushimai Asia 1934
Ctenogobius lepturus Eastern Central Atlantic 6 TL 1933
Ctenogobius manglicola Eastern Pacific 2.4 SL 1895
Ctenogobius phenacus Impostor goby Southwest Atlantic 3.2 SL 1987
Ctenogobius pseudofasciatus Slashcheek goby Western Atlantic 5.3 SL 1971
Ctenogobius saepepallens Dash goby Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1968
Ctenogobius sagittula Longtail goby Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1862
Ctenogobius shennongensis Asia 1983
Ctenogobius shufeldti American freshwater goby North America 8 TL 1887
Ctenogobius smaragdus Emerald goby Western Atlantic 15 TL 1837
Ctenogobius stigmaticus Marked goby Western Atlantic 8 TL 1860
Ctenogobius stigmaturus Spottail goby Western Central Atlantic 6.5 TL 1882
Ctenogobius szechuanensis Asia 10.6 TL 1940
Ctenogobius thoropsis Sperm goby South America 4.4 SL 1987
Ctenogobius vexillifer Asia 1937
Ctenotrypauchen chinensis Western Pacific 19.2 SL 1867
Deltentosteus collonianus Toothed goby Eastern Atlantic and Medi 7 TL 1820
Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus Four-spotted goby Eastern Atlantic and Medi 10.3 TL 1837
Didogobius bentuvii Ben-Tuvia's goby Mediterranean Sea 3.7 SL 1966
Didogobius kochi Eastern Atlantic 5.8 SL 1988
Didogobius lanceolatus Eastern Central Atlantic 6.8 SL 2023
Didogobius schlieweni Andromeda goby Mediterranean Sea 1993
Discordipinna filamentosa Western Pacific 1.6 SL 2012
Discordipinna griessingeri Spikefin goby Indo-Pacific 3 SL 1978
Dotsugobius bleekeri Dark mangrovegoby Indo-Pacific 3.4 SL 1921
Drombus dentifer Yellow Drombus Indo-West Pacific 1923
Drombus globiceps Kranji drombus Asia and Oceania 4.3 TL 1923
Drombus halei Hale's drombus Eastern Indian Ocean to W 1935
Drombus key Key goby Western Indian Ocean 7 TL 1947
Drombus kranjiensis Western Pacific 3 SL 1940
Drombus lepidothorax White-edge drombus Eastern Indian Ocean 1945
Drombus ocyurus Bluemarked drombus Western Pacific Ocean 1907
Drombus palackyi Indo-West Pacific. Needs 1905
Drombus simulus Pinafore goby Western Indian Ocean 3.5 TL 1960
Drombus triangularis Brown drombus Indo-West Pacific 7 SL 1909
Ebomegobius goodi Africa 3.6 SL 1946
Echinogobius hayashii Cheek-streaked goby Indo-West Pacific 7 SL 1998
Economidichthys pygmaeus Western Greece goby Europe 5.4 TL 1929
Economidichthys trichonis Trichonis dwarf goby Europe 3 TL 1990
Egglestonichthys bombylios Egglestone's bumblebee goby Western Pacific Ocean 1997
Egglestonichthys fulmen Eggleston’s lightning goby Northwest Pacific 2.2 SL 2020
Egglestonichthys melanoptera Western Central Pacific. 1971
Egglestonichthys patriciae Western Pacific 4.7 SL 1979
Egglestonichthys rubidus Western Pacific 2.1 SL 2020
Egglestonichthys ulbubunitj Eastern Indian Ocean 3.3 SL 2013
Ego zebra Western Indian Ocean 3.4 SL 1994
Elacatinus atronasus Exuma goby Western Central Atlantic 1968
Elacatinus cayman Cayman cleaner goby Western Atlantic 2.3 SL 2014
Elacatinus centralis Cayman sponge goby Western Atlantic 3.8 SL 2014
Elacatinus chancei Shortstripe goby Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1933
Elacatinus colini Belize sponge goby Caribbean Sea 3.4 SL 2009
Elacatinus evelynae Sharknose goby Western Atlantic 4 TL 1968
Elacatinus figaro Barber goby Southwest Atlantic 3.4 SL 1997
Elacatinus genie Cleaner goby Western Central Atlantic 4.5 TL 1968
Elacatinus horsti Yellowline goby Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1922
Elacatinus illecebrosus Barsnout goby Western Central Atlantic 4 TL 1968
Elacatinus jarocho Jarocho goby Western Atlantic 2.7 SL 2007
Elacatinus lobeli Caribbean neon goby Western Central Atlantic 3.1 SL 2009
Elacatinus lori Linesnout goby Western Central Atlantic 4.6 SL 2002
Elacatinus louisae Spotlight goby Western Central Atlantic 3.8 TL 1968
Elacatinus oceanops Neon goby Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1904
Elacatinus phthirophagus Noronha cleaner goby Atlantic Ocean 3.2 SL 2008
Elacatinus pridisi Trindade cleaner goby Southwest Atlantic 2.8 SL 2004
Elacatinus prochilos Broadstripe goby Western Central Atlantic 4 TL 1968
Elacatinus puncticulatus Panamic redhead goby Eastern Central Pacific 5.0 TL 1938
Elacatinus randalli Yellownose goby Western Central Atlantic 4.6 TL 1968
Elacatinus serranilla Serranilla goby Caribbean Sea 3.5 SL 2009
Elacatinus tenox Slaty goby Western Central Atlantic 1968



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