Eyebar goby

About this species

Gnatholepis cauerensis is a small species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae. It is known from the Indo-Pacific.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 66 records
February: 91 records
March: 100 records
April: 160 records
May: 177 records
June: 95 records
July: 64 records
August: 93 records
September: 115 records
October: 97 records
November: 115 records
December: 85 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–26 m · Deepest record: 360 m

0–10 m: 197 records
10–20 m: 112 records
20–30 m: 72 records
30–40 m: 19 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 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: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 29 records
22–24 °C: 42 records
24–26 °C: 81 records
26–28 °C: 141 records
28–30 °C: 117 records

Photos

(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Eyebar goby, Bridled Goby, Cauer Eye-bar Goby, eyebar goby, Eyebar Goby, Eye-bar Sand-goby, Goldspot Goby, Hawaiian Shoulderspot goby, Shoulderspot Goby, Shoulder-spot Sandgoby

Names in 3 more languages

French: Cabot Sauteur, Gobie à l'oeil barré
Japanese: Kataboshiomonhaze, カタボシオオモンハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 高倫頜鱗鰕虎, 高倫頜鱗鰕虎（高輪頜鱗鰕虎）, 高倫頜鱗鰕虎魚

Other scientific names: Acentrogobius cauerensis, Fusigobius scapulostigma, Gnatholepis australis, Gnatholepis hawaiiensis, Gnatholepis inconsequens, Gnatholepis scapulostigma, Gobius cauerensis

Similar species

Anjer Eye-bar Goby
Gnatholepis anjerensis
Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia
Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
Light-beige Goby
Acanthogobius lactipes
Barred mudskipper
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Atlantic Mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus

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).
2,229 open-data records from 1853 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.