Light-beige Goby
Acanthogobius lactipes
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature6–20 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 24 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 4.1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 6–20 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Light-beige Goby
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Ashishirohaze, アシシロハゼ
- Korean
- 흰발망둑
Other scientific names: Aboma lactipes, Gobius lactipes
Similar species
- Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
Anjer Eye-bar GobyGnatholepis anjerensis
Eyebar gobyGnatholepis cauerensis
Barred mudskipperPeriophthalmus argentilineatus
Atlantic MudskipperPeriophthalmus barbarus
Bigmouth gobyRedigobius bikolanus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 2,347 open-data records from 1900 to 2021.
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