Barenape Goby

About this species

Fusigobius is a genus of coral reef inhabiting gobies found throughout the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 25 records
February: 26 records
March: 19 records
April: 53 records
May: 55 records
June: 49 records
July: 22 records
August: 21 records
September: 35 records
October: 29 records
November: 48 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–28 m · Deepest record: 125 m

0–10 m: 69 records
10–20 m: 79 records
20–30 m: 36 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 65 records
26–28 °C: 104 records
28–30 °C: 88 records

Photos

(c) Storm Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Barenape Goby, Double-spot Sand-goby, Hawaiian Sand Goby, Twinspot Sandgoby, Twospot Goby, Twospot Goby, Barenape goby, Twospot Sandgoby

Names in 2 more languages

French: Gobie à deux taches
Japanese: Sehoshisankakuhaze, セホシサンカクハゼ

Other scientific names: Coryphopterus duospilos, Coryphopterus duospilus, Fusigobius duospilos

Similar species

Fine-spotted Sand-goby
Fusigobius signipinnis
African Fusegoby
Fusigobius neophytus
Shoulderspot Goby
Fusigobius humeralis
Blotched Goby
Fusigobius inframaculatus
Blacktip Sandgoby
Fusigobius melacron
Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
816 open-data records from 1966 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.