Naked-headed goby
Eviota zonura
- Usual depth0–8 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, September, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–8 m · Deepest record: 19 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Naked-headed goby, Zoned dwarfgoby, Greenbanded Eviota, naked-headed goby, zoned dwarfgoby, Zoned Pygmy Goby
Other scientific names: Eviota gymnocephalus
Similar species
Black-spotted Pygmy-gobyEviota melasma
- Redspotted Pygmygoby
Eviota albolineata
- Blackbelly Dwarfgoby
Eviota atriventris
- Green pygmy-goby
Eviota guttata
- Green bubble goby
Eviota prasina
- 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).
- 115 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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