Indo-pacific tropical sand goby
Favonigobius reichei
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
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Favonigobius
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 15 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 17 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 15 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records