Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Fusigobius

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11 species
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Photo by Greenfield, J.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao, 1997

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Fusigobius aureus
[Goldspot sandgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader, 1985

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Fusigobius duospilus
[Barenape goby]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Fusigobius gracilis (Randall, 2001)

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Fusigobius gracilis
[Slender sandgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4.4 cm SL
Fusigobius humeralis (Randall, 2001)

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Fusigobius humeralis
[Shoulderspot sandgoby]

Photo by Anderson, J.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall, 1994)

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Fusigobius inframaculatus
[Innerspotted sandgoby]

Photo by Brokovich, E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Fusigobius longispinus Goren, 1978

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Fusigobius longispinus
[Orange-spotted sand-goby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
Fusigobius maximus (Randall, 2001)

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Fusigobius maximus
[Large sandgoby]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
Fusigobius melacron (Randall, 2001)

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Fusigobius melacron
[Blacktip sandgoby]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877)

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Fusigobius neophytus
[Common fusegoby]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
Fusigobius pallidus (Randall, 2001)

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Fusigobius pallidus
[Pale sandgoby]

Photo by Honeycutt, K.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika, 1988

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Fusigobius signipinnis
[Signalfin goby]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Fusigobius aureus Goldspot sandgoby Western Central Pacific 3.5 SL 1997
Fusigobius duospilus Barenape goby Indo-West Pacific 6 TL 1985
Fusigobius gracilis Slender sandgoby Western Pacific 4.2 SL 2001
Fusigobius humeralis Shoulderspot sandgoby Indo-Pacific 4.4 SL 2001
Fusigobius inframaculatus Innerspotted sandgoby Indo-West Pacific 4.6 SL 1994
Fusigobius longispinus Orange-spotted sand-goby Indo-West Pacific 8 TL 1978
Fusigobius maximus Large sandgoby Indo-West Pacific 7.5 SL 2001
Fusigobius melacron Blacktip sandgoby Indo-West Pacific. 3.6 SL 2001
Fusigobius neophytus Common fusegoby Indo-Pacific 7.5 TL 1877
Fusigobius pallidus Pale sandgoby Indo-West Pacific. 6.5 SL 2001
Fusigobius signipinnis Signalfin goby Western Pacific 4.9 SL 1988



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