Mud reef-goby
Exyrias belissimus
- Usual depth1–14 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 10 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 21 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–14 m · Deepest record: 27 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Mud reef-goby, Beautiful Goby, mud reef-goby, Mud-reef Goby
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Obakeinkohaze, オバケインコハゼ
Other scientific names: Acentrogobius belissimus, Acentrogobius bellisimus, Acentrogobius bellissimus, Exyrias bellissimus, Exyrius belissimus
Similar species
- Puntang
Exyrias puntang
- 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).
- 235 open-data records from 1948 to 2023.
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