Tank goby

Glossogobius giuris

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–4 m
Water temperature13–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and September
How commonOccasional

About this species

Glossogobius giuris, the tank goby, is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from the Red Sea and East Africa through South Asia and the Indian Ocean to China, Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. It is also known as the bar-eyed goby, flat-headed goby and the Gangetic tank goby.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Tank goby”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 19 records
March: 45 records
April: 51 records
May: 52 records
June: 57 records
July: 75 records
August: 75 records
September: 81 records
October: 43 records
November: 41 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–4 m · Deepest record: 205 m

0–10 m: 73 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 26 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 38 records
28–30 °C: 63 records

Names and classification

English: Tank goby, Flathead Goby, Ganges Goby, Gangetic tank goby, Tank goby, Inland Tank Goby, tank goby, Tank Goby

Names in 1 more languages

French: Gobie, Gobie giurus, Loche, Loche, Gobie

Other scientific names: Acentrogobius giuris, Awaous gutum, Euctenogobius striatus, Glossigobius giuris, Glossogabius giuris, Glossogobius giurus, Glossogobius guirus, Glossogobius gutum, Glossogobius tenuiformis, Gobius catebus, Gobius giuris, Gobius giurus, Gobius grandidieri, Gobius grandidierii, Gobius gutum, Gobius kora, Gobius kurpah, Gobius phaiospilosoma, Gobius phiopsilosoma, Gobius russelii, Gobius russelli, Gobius spectabilis, Gobius striatus, Gobius sublitus

Similar species

Bearded Flathead Goby
Glossogobius bicirrhosus
Celebes Goby
Glossogobius celebius
Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Black-chest Shrimp-goby
Amblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri

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).
1,921 open-data records from 1822 to 2023.

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