Chin-band Goby
Stenogobius genivittatus
- Usual depth0–267 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–267 m · Deepest record: 267 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Chin-band Goby, Chinstripe goby
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Cabot rayé, gobie à queue tachetée, gobie de Marquet, gobie de Randall, Gobie de Yaté, gobie écailleux, gobie rayé
- Japanese
- Tanekawahaze
- Simplified Chinese
- 条纹狭鰕虎鱼, 條紋狹鰕虎, 條紋狹鰕虎魚, 种子鲨, 種子鯊
Other scientific names: Awaous genivittatus, Chonophorus genivittatus, Gobius genivittatus
Similar species
Eyebar gobyGnatholepis cauerensis
- Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
- Light-beige Goby
Acanthogobius lactipes
- Anjer Eye-bar Goby
Gnatholepis anjerensis
- 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 118 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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