Chlamydogobius eremius — Desert Goby — photo © Gunther Schmida
True gobies (family Gobiidae) and their relatives are among the most diverse fish families in the world, and a number of Australian and New Guinean species make hardy, characterful aquarium residents alongside rainbowfishes — from tiny desert springs endemics through mangrove-flat specialists to the extraordinary waterfall-climbing “cling gobies” and the amphibious mudskippers. You can access species accounts below by clicking on the links in the list of species.
Australia
- Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994 — Roman-nose Goby
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Chlamydogobius eremius (Zietz, 1896) — Desert Goby
- Chlamydogobius gloveri Larson, 1995 — Dalhousie Goby
- Chlamydogobius japalpa Larson, 1995 — Finke Desert-goby
- Chlamydogobius micropterus Larson, 1995 — Elizabeth Springs Desert-goby
- Chlamydogobius squamigenus Larson, 1995 — Edgbaston Desert-goby
- Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro, 1975 — Golden Flathead Goby
- Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen, 2009 — Mulgrave Goby
- Glossogobius concavifrons (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
- Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) — Tank Goby
- Glossogobius illimis Hoese & Allen, 2011
- Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen, 2011 — Munro’s Goby
- Glossogobius nanus Hoese, Allen & Hadiaty, 2017 — Dwarf Goby
- Mugilogobius wilsoni Larson, 2001 — Wilson’s Mangrovegoby
- Schismatogobius hoesei Keith, Lord & Larson, 2007
- Sicyopterus cynocephalus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770) — Blue Stream Goby
- Sicyopus discordipinnis Watson, 1995
- Smilosicyopus fehlmanni (Parenti & Maciolek, 1993)
- Smilosicyopus leprurus (Sakai & Nakamura, 1979)
- Stenogobius genivittatus (cf.)
- Stiphodon pelewensis Herre, 1936
- Stiphodon rutilaureus Watson, 1996
- Stiphodon semoni Weber, 1895 — Opal Cling-goby
- Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat, 1995
New Guinea
New Guinea is home to an enormous, still-growing diversity of gobies, many only recently described and not yet covered in ANGFA’s own archives beyond a taxonomic description or a bare species list, so a good number of entries below are unlinked for now.
- Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) — Robust Mangrovegoby
- Acentrogobius virdipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1837) — Greenspotted Goby
- Amoya gracilis (Bleeker, 1875) — Blue-spotted Mangrovegoby
- Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 — Blue-spotted Mudskipper
- Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker, 1852)
- Exyrias puntang (Bleeker, 1851) — Puntang Goby
- Eugnathogobius variegatus (Peters, 1868)
- Eugnathogobius sp. (Luap Creek)
- Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber, 1894) — Bearded Flathead Goby
- Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley, 1950
- Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols, 1951)
- Glossogobius circumspectus (Macleay, 1883)
- Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & Allen, 2011
- Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & Allen, 1990
- Glossogobius gnomus Hoese, Allen & Hadiaty, 2017
- Glossogobius hoesei Allen & Boeseman, 1982
- Glossogobius koragensis Herre, 1935
- Glossogobius macrocephalus Hoese & Allen, 2015
- Glossogobius multipapillus Hoese & Allen, 2015
- Glossogobius muscorum Hoese & Allen, 2009
- Glossogobius pumilus Hoese, Allen & Hadiaty, 2017
- Glossogobius robertsi Hoese & Allen, 2009
- Glossogobius sentaniensis Hoese & Allen, 2015
- Glossogobius sp. 1 — Mountain Goby
- Glossogobius sp. 2 — Merdai Goby
- Glossogobius sp. 3 — Twinspot Goby
- Glossogobius sp. 4 — Bluntsnout Goby
- Glossogobius sp. 5 — Kutubu Goby
- Glossogobius sp. 6 — Ramu Goby
- Glossogobius torrentis Hoese & Allen, 1990
- Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae Murdy & Ferraris, 2003
- Hemigobius hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)
- Lentipes crittersius Watson & Allen, 1999
- Lentipes dimetrodon Watson & Allen, 1999
- Lentipes multiradiatus Allen, 2001
- Lentipes venustus Allen, 2004
- Lentipes watsoni Allen, 1997
- Mugilogobius cavifrons (Weber, 1909)
- Mugilogobius fuscus (Herre, 1940)
- Mugilogobius fusculus (Nichols, 1951)
- Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911) — Checkered Mangrovegoby
- Mugilogobius notospilus (Günther, 1877) — Freshwater Mangrovegoby
- Mugilogobius platystomus (Günther, 1872) — Island Mangrovegoby
- Mugilogobius rambaiae (Smith, 1945) — Cheek-spots Mangrovegoby
- Mugilogobius rivulus Larson, 2001 — Drain Mangrovegoby
- Mugilogobius wilsoni Larson, 2001 — Wilson’s Mangrovegoby
- Oligolepis jaarmani (Weber, 1913)
- Pandaka rouxi (Weber, 1911)
- Periophthalmodon freycineti (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Periophthalmus argentilineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) — Silverlined Mudskipper
- Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935
- Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837) — Sleepy Goby
- Pseudogobiopsis tigrellus (Nichols, 1951)
- Pseudogobius melanostictus (Day, 1876)
- Pseudogobius poicilosomus (Bleeker, 1849)
- Redigobius balteatus (Herre, 1935) — Rhino-horn Goby
- Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927) — Bug-eyed Goby
- Redigobius chrysosoma (Bleeker, 1875) — Spotfin Goby
- Redigobius oyensi (De Beaufort, 1913)
- Redigobius tambujon (Bleeker, 1854)
- Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Schismatogobius marmoratus (Peters, 1868)
- Sicyopterus calliochromis Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
- Sicyopterus erythropterus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
- Sicyopterus lengguru Keith, Lord & Hadiaty, 2012
- Sicyopterus longifilis de Beaufort, 1912
- Sicyopterus microcephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
- Sicyopterus ocellaris Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
- Sicyopterus stiphodonoides Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
- Sicyopus zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1856)
- Stenogobius allen Watson, 1991
- Stenogobius beauforti (Weber, 1908)
- Stenogobius hoesei Watson, 1991
- Stenogobius lachneri Watson, 1990
- Stenogobius laterisquamatus (Weber, 1908)
- Stenogobius marinus Watson, 1991
- Stenogobius psilosinionus Watson, 1991
- Stenogobius watsoni Allen, 2004
- Stiphodon larsoni Watson, 1996
- Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860)
- Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978) — New Guinea Slender Mudskipper