Brown Drombus
Drombus palackyi
- Water temperature29–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, October, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Brown Drombus
Other scientific names: Ctenogobius palackyi
Similar species
- Bluemarked Drombus
Drombus ocyurus
- Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' gobyAmblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris wheeleri
Banded GobyAmblygobius phalaena
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).
- 6 open-data records from 1931 to 1948.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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