Doublebar Goby
Eviota bifasciata
- Usual depth3–16 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, September, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–16 m · Deepest record: 27.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Doublebar Goby, Striped Pygmy-goby, Striped Pygmy Goby, Twostripe Dwarfgoby, Twostripe Eviota, Twostripe Pygmy Goby
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Oyogiisohaze, オヨギイソハゼ
Similar species
Green pygmy-gobyEviota guttata
Black-spotted Pygmy-gobyEviota melasma
Green bubble gobyEviota prasina
- Redspotted Pygmygoby
Eviota albolineata
- Blackbelly Dwarfgoby
Eviota atriventris
- Queensland Dwarfgoby
Eviota queenslandica
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).
- 160 open-data records from 1955 to 2021.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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