False Sleeper-goby
Amblygobius nocturnus
- Usual depth1–17 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 10 records
- February: 24 records
- March: 27 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 21 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 18 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 22 records
- October: 23 records
- November: 32 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–17 m · Deepest record: 27.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- False Sleeper-goby, False Sleeper Goby, Nocturna Goby, Nocturn goby, Pyjama Goby
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Pyjama-Höhlengrundel
- Filipino
- Bia
- French
- Gobie nocturne
- Japanese
- Hohobeni-sarasahaze, ホホベニサラサハゼ
- Thai
- ปลาบู่ปะการัง
- Simplified Chinese
- 克氏栉眼鰕虎鱼, 短唇鈍鰕虎, 短唇鈍鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Amblygobius klausewitzi, Amblygobius nocturnes, Ctenogobiops klausewitzi, Yabotichthys nocturnus
Similar species
Banded GobyAmblygobius phalaena
Bynoe GobyAmblygobius bynoensis
Crossed GobyAmblygobius decussatus
Sphinx gobyAmblygobius sphynx
- Link's Goby
Amblygobius linki
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
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).
- 391 open-data records from 1940 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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