Decorated goby

Istigobius decoratus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–18 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

Istigobius is a genus of gobies found in fresh, brackish and marine waters of the regions along the coasts of the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Istigobius”, 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: 16 records
February: 23 records
March: 32 records
April: 49 records
May: 60 records
June: 27 records
July: 22 records
August: 40 records
September: 35 records
October: 44 records
November: 35 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–18 m · Deepest record: 150 m

0–10 m: 181 records
10–20 m: 69 records
20–30 m: 15 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 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 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 48 records
26–28 °C: 79 records
28–30 °C: 111 records

Names and classification

English: Decorated goby, decorated goby, Decorated goby (FB), Decorated sand-goby, Decorated Sandgoby

Names in 3 more languages

French: Gobie décoré
Japanese: Hoshikazarihaze, ホシカザリハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 華麗銜鰕虎, 華麗銜鰕虎魚

Other scientific names: Acentrogobius decoratus, Ctenogobius decoratus, Rhinogobius decoratus

Similar species

Ornate goby
Istigobius ornatus
Brown-speckled Sand-goby
Istigobius rigilius
Black-spotted Goby
Istigobius nigroocellatus
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).
1,463 open-data records from 1929 to 2023.

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