Exquisite Goby

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 42 records
February: 24 records
March: 52 records
April: 21 records
May: 23 records
June: 51 records
July: 14 records
August: 28 records
September: 48 records
October: 29 records
November: 26 records
December: 89 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1.5 m · Deepest record: 1.5 m

0–10 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–26 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 74 records
20–22 °C: 119 records
22–24 °C: 72 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 5 records

Photos

(c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Angus Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Samuel Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Exquisite Goby, Exquisite Sand-goby, Exquisite Sandgoby

Other scientific names: Favonigobius exquisites

Similar species

Long-finned Goby
Favonigobius lateralis
Asian sand goby
Favonigobius gymnauchen
Eastern Longfin Goby
Favonigobius lentiginosus
Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby
Favonigobius reichei
Blackthroat Goby
Favonigobius melanobranchus
Opalescent Sandgoby
Favonigobius opalescens

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).
416 open-data records from 1924 to 2016.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.