Asian sand goby
Favonigobius gymnauchen
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 21 records
- May: 27 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 23 records
- August: 23 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 16 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 4.1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Photos
(c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 大澤風季 ohsawa_Fuki, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Asian sand goby, Sharp-nosed Sand Goby
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Himehaze, ヒメハゼ
- Korean
- 날개망둑
- Simplified Chinese
- 裸項蜂巢鰕虎魚, 裸頸蜂巢鰕虎
Other scientific names: Gobius gymnauchen
Similar species
Long-finned GobyFavonigobius lateralis
Exquisite GobyFavonigobius exquisitus
Eastern Longfin GobyFavonigobius lentiginosus
Indopacific Tropical Sand GobyFavonigobius 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).
- 1,390 open-data records from 1909 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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