Bearded eel goby
Taenioides cirratus
- Usual depth0–27 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, June, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Taenioides cirratus, known as the bearded worm goby, is a species of worm goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Taenioides cirratus”, 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: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–27 m · Deepest record: 27.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bearded eel goby, Bearded Wormgoby, Whiskered Eel Goby
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Gobie anguille
- Japanese
- チワラスボ
- Thai
- ปลาเขือคางยื่น, ปลาเขือแดง, ปลาเขือหน้าผี
- Simplified Chinese
- 鬚鰻鰕虎, 鬚鰻鰕虎魚
Other scientific names: Amblyopus brachygaster, Amblyopus cirratus, Gobioides cirratus, Taenioides brachygaster, Taenioides snyderi
Similar species
- Eel Worm Goby
Taenioides anguillaris
Eyebar gobyGnatholepis cauerensis
- Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
- Light-beige Goby
Acanthogobius lactipes
- Anjer Eye-bar Goby
Gnatholepis anjerensis
- Barred mudskipper
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
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).
- 94 open-data records from 1860 to 2023.
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