Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. Traditionally most of the species called gobies have been classified in the order Perciformes as the suborder Gobioidei but in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World this suborder is elevated to an order Gobiiformes within the clade Percomorpha. Not all the species in the Gobiiformes are referred to as gobies and the "true gobies" are placed in the family Gobiidae, while other species referred to as gobies have been placed in the Oxudercidae.. Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia. The word goby derives from the Latin gobius meaning "gudgeon", and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the dartfishes are called "gudgeons", especially in Australia. Learn more about Goby
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Banded Goby (0 videos) | Chromogobius quadrivittatus | Not Available |
Barenape Goby (1 videos) | Fusigobius duospilus | Not Available |
Bearded Goby (0 videos) | Glossogobius bicirrhosus | Least concern |
Black Coral Goby (1 videos) | Bryaninops tigris | Not Available |
Black Goby (4 videos) | Gobius niger | Not Available |
Blackeye Goby (1 videos) | Rhinogobiops nicholsii | Not Available |
Blackfin Dartfish (2 videos) | Ptereleotris evides | Not Available |
Blackfoot Firefish (6 videos) | Parapterois heterura | Not Available |
Blacktail Goby (2 videos) | Ptereleotris heteroptera | Not Available |
Blind Goby (1 videos) | Typhlogobius californiensis | Not Available |
Blueband Goby (4 videos) | Valenciennea strigata | Not Available |
Bridled Goby (1 videos) | Coryphopterus glaucofraenum | Not Available |
Broadbarred Firefish (63 videos) | Pterois antennata | Not Available |
Butterfly Goby (2 videos) | Amblygobius albimaculatus | Not Available |
Cleaner Goby (12 videos) | Elacatinus genie | Not Available |
Cling Goby (1 videos) | Pleurosicya elongata | Not Available |
Common Fusegoby (3 videos) | Fusigobius neophytus | Not Available |
Common Goby (4 videos) | Pomatoschistus microps | Least concern |
Cryptocentrus Cryptocentrus (3 videos) | Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus | Not Available |
Dark Coral Goby (1 videos) | Paragobiodon melanosomus | Not Available |
Dartfish (46 videos) | Myxodagnus belone | Data deficient |
Devil Firefish (201 videos) | Pterois miles | Not Available |
Dwarf Goby (2 videos) | Pandaka pusilla | Not Available |
Elegant Firefish (5 videos) | Nemateleotris decora | Not Available |
Emerald Coral Goby (5 videos) | Paragobiodon xanthosoma | Not Available |
Filament-finned Prawn-goby (5 videos) | Stonogobiops nematodes | Not Available |
Fire Goby (30 videos) | Nemateleotris magnifica | Not Available |
Flagtail Shrimpgoby (2 videos) | Amblyeleotris yanoi | Not Available |
Freshwater Goby (21 videos) | Ctenogobius shufeldti | Least concern |
Giant Goby (3 videos) | Gobius cobitis | Not Available |
Giant Prawn-goby (2 videos) | Amblyeleotris fontanesii | Not Available |
Golden Goby (3 videos) | Gobius auratus | Not Available |
Gorgeous Prawn-goby (5 videos) | Amblyeleotris wheeleri | Not Available |
Helfrichs' Dartfish (2 videos) | Nemateleotris helfrichi | Not Available |
Large Whip Goby (1 videos) | Bryaninops amplus | Not Available |
Leopard-spotted Goby (1 videos) | Thorogobius ephippiatus | Not Available |
Lubricogobius Dinah (6 videos) | Lubricogobius dinah | Not Available |
Lyretail Dartfish (1 videos) | Ptereleotris monoptera | Not Available |
Maiden Goby (10 videos) | Valenciennea puellaris | Not Available |
Metallic Shrimp-goby (4 videos) | Amblyeleotris latifasciata | Not Available |
Michel's Ghost Goby (2 videos) | Pleurosicya micheli | Not Available |
Old Glory (3 videos) | Koumansetta rainfordi | Not Available |
Oopukai (3 videos) | Cirrhitus pinnulatus | Not Available |
Orange-spotted Sand-goby (1 videos) | Fusigobius longispinus | Not Available |
Orangespotted Goby (2 videos) | Nes longus | Not Available |
Ornate Goby (1 videos) | Istigobius ornatus | Least concern |
Pacific Goby (1 videos) | Callogobius sclateri | Not Available |
Padanian Goby (22 videos) | Padogobius bonelli | Least concern |
Periophthalma Prawn-goby (7 videos) | Amblyeleotris periophthalma | Not Available |
Periophthalmus Novemradiatus (1 videos) | Periophthalmus novemradiatus | Not Available |
Pinkbar Goby (3 videos) | Amblyeleotris aurora | Not Available |
Poison Goby (1 videos) | Gobiodon citrinus | Not Available |
Randall's Prawn-goby (33 videos) | Amblyeleotris randalli | Not Available |
Redeye Goby (2 videos) | Bryaninops natans | Not Available |
Redmouthed Goby (1 videos) | Gobius cruentatus | Not Available |
Rigilius Goby (2 videos) | Istigobius rigilius | Not Available |
Sailfin Goby (6 videos) | Myersina papuanus | Not Available |
Sand Goby (5 videos) | Heteroplopomus barbatus | Not Available |
Sandy Prawn-goby (2 videos) | Ctenogobiops feroculus | Not Available |
Sharknose Goby (1 videos) | Elacatinus evelynae | Not Available |
Signal Goby (17 videos) | Cryptocentrus insignitus | Not Available |
Signalfin Goby (3 videos) | Fusigobius signipinnis | Not Available |
Sixspot Goby (1 videos) | Valenciennea sexguttata | Not Available |
Slender Goby (1 videos) | Gobius geniporus | Not Available |
Small Goby (1 videos) | Evorthodus minutus | Least concern |
Soft-coral Goby (12 videos) | Pleurosicya boldinghi | Not Available |
Spinecheek Goby (2 videos) | Oplopomus oplopomus | Not Available |
Sponge Goby (2 videos) | Evermannichthys spongicola | Not Available |
Spotted Goby (0 videos) | Coryphopterus punctipectophorus | Not Available |
Spotted Prawn-goby (18 videos) | Amblyeleotris guttata | Not Available |
Spotted Sleeper (1 videos) | Eleotris picta | Least concern |
Steinitz' Prawn-goby (21 videos) | Amblyeleotris steinitzi | Not Available |
Striped Goby (11 videos) | Asterropteryx striata | Not Available |
Tailspot Goby (2 videos) | Bollmannia stigmatura | Not Available |
Toothy Goby (7 videos) | Pleurosicya mossambica | Not Available |
Transparent Goby (6 videos) | Aphia minuta | Not Available |
Twinspot Goby (22 videos) | Signigobius biocellatus | Not Available |
Twospotted Goby (4 videos) | Gobiusculus flavescens | Not Available |
Twostripe Dwarfgoby (1 videos) | Eviota bifasciata | Not Available |
Twostripe Goby (3 videos) | Valenciennea helsdingenii | Not Available |
Whip Coral Goby (7 videos) | Bryaninops yongei | Not Available |
Whitebarred Goby (2 videos) | Amblygobius phalaena | Not Available |
Whitecap Goby (7 videos) | Lotilia graciliosa | Not Available |
Y-bar Shrimp Goby (2 videos) | Cryptocentrus fasciatus | Not Available |
Yellow Pygmy Goby (10 videos) | Lubricogobius exiguus | Not Available |
Yellownose Goby (8 videos) | Elacatinus randalli | Not Available |
Yellownose Prawn-goby (27 videos) | Stonogobiops xanthorhinica | Not Available |