About this species
Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Acentrogobius”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- スズメハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 頭紋細棘鰕虎, 頭紋細棘鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Aboma viganensis, Amoya viganensis, Gobius viganensis
Similar species
Tropical sand gobyAcentrogobius caninus
Barcheek AmoyaAcentrogobius moloanus
greenspotted gobyAcentrogobius viridipunctatus
- Mangrove goby
Acentrogobius audax
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 25 open-data records from 1950 to 1995.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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