Golden Flathead Goby
Glossogobius aureus
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
- Glossogobius
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 81 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 7 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 7 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 16 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records