Beautiful Hover Goby
Parioglossus formosus
- Usual depth0–6 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, October, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–6 m · Deepest record: 7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Beautiful Hover Goby, broadstripe dartfish, Schooling Goby, Yellow-striped Dartfish, Yellowstriped Dartfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Parioglosse de Siam
- Japanese
- Yosujihaze, ヨスジハゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 台灣舌塘鱧, 臺灣舌塘鱧, 華美舌塘鱧
Other scientific names: Herrea formosa, Herreolus formosus, Herrolus formosus
Similar species
- blacktail dartfish
Parioglossus palustris
- Philippine dartfish
Parioglossus philippinus
- Andaman Dart-goby
Parioglossus raoi
- Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Black-chest Shrimp-gobyAmblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' gobyAmblyeleotris steinitzi
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).
- 73 open-data records from 1936 to 2008.
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