yellowfin toxic goby

Yongeichthys criniger

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–35 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsMay and October
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 9 records
March: 2 records
April: 9 records
May: 102 records
June: 9 records
July: 4 records
August: 8 records
September: 15 records
October: 100 records
November: 0 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–35 m · Deepest record: 79 m

0–10 m: 30 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 100 records
24–26 °C: 85 records
26–28 °C: 20 records
28–30 °C: 73 records

Names and classification

English: yellowfin toxic goby

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ツムギハゼ

Other scientific names: Acentrogobius criniger, Ctenogobius criniger, Gobius criniger, Youngichthys criniger

Similar species

Shadow goby
Yongeichthys nebulosus
Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Black-chest Shrimp-goby
Amblyeleotris guttata
Steinitz' goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Barred Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris wheeleri
Banded Goby
Amblygobius phalaena

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).
315 open-data records from 1837 to 2023.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.

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