Black Spinecheek Gudgeon
Eleotris melanosoma
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 26 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 53 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 77 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 35 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 40 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 6 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 13 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 6 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records