Sleepy Goby
Psammogobius biocellatus
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
- Psammogobius
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 64 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 13 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 15 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 11 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 14 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 21 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 17 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 20 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 6 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records