Okinawa Flap-headed Goby
Callogobius okinawae
- Usual depth0–3 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Alexander Regio, 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: 2 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 2.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) Alexander Regio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Sundar Lakshmanan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Okinawa Flap-headed Goby, Okinawa Goby, Tailspot Flaphead Goby, Tailspot Goby
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Namerahaze, ナメラハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 沖繩硬皮鰕虎, 沖繩美鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Doryptena okinawae, Macgregorella intonsa
Similar species
- Pacific goby
Callogobius sclateri
Hasselt's Flap-headed GobyCallogobius hasseltii
- Centrescale Goby
Callogobius centrolepis
- Slimy goby
Callogobius flavobrunneus
- Ostrich goby
Callogobius maculipinnis
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).
- 126 open-data records from 1931 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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