Bar Eyed Goby
Glossogobius giuris
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 28 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 39 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 88 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 4 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 12 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 8 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 53 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 15 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 15 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 4 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 26 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 13 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 6 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records