Spine-cheek Gudgeon
Eleotris acanthopomus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Eleotridae
- Genus
- Eleotris
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 50 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 18 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records