Brown Spinecheek Gudgeon

Eleotris fusca

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 43 diving areas across 26 countries and 6 regions.

Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 4 records
Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 68 records
Rock Islands, Palau - 90 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 10 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 11 records
Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
Grande Comore, Comoros - 5 records
Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 15 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 6 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 14 records
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 59 records
Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 96 records
Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
Eilat, Israel - 2 records
Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 37 records
Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 8 records
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3 records
Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
Bohol, Philippines - 21 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 20 records
Siargao, Philippines - 4 records
Visayas, Philippines - 19 records
Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records