Puntang
Exyrias puntang
- Usual depth0–3 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 24 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 135 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Puntang, Puntang Goby, Silver spotted goby, Silver-spotted Goby, yellowfin fantail goby
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Gobie de Puntang
- Japanese
- Inkohaze, インコハゼ
- Thai
- ปลาบู่กระโดงสูง
- Simplified Chinese
- 縱帶鸚鰕虎, 縱帶鸚鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Acentrogobius puntang, Eryxias puntang, Exirias puntang, Exyrias puntangoides, Gnatholepis puntangoides, Gnatholepis sindonis, Gobius andamanensis, Gobius canalae, Gobius concolor, Gobius maculipinnis, Gobius puntang, Gobius puntangoides
Similar species
- Mud reef-goby
Exyrias belissimus
- 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).
- 322 open-data records from 1851 to 2022.
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