Psammogobius biocellatus

(Valenciennes, 1837)

Sleepy Goby

Much of what follows is drawn from a pair of field-trip photo-essays documenting a series of collecting trips between Cairns and Weipa on Cape York, which turned up an extraordinarily rich cross-section of Australia and New Guinea’s smaller estuarine and mangrove-associated gobies.

Psammogobius biocellatus was photographed with locality data at Beening Creek, Weipa, and separately around Cairns, on the two Gobioides field trips — a widespread and frequently encountered small estuarine goby across northern Australia.

Compiled for Home of the Rainbowfish from ANGFA sources: J. Lenagan, “Cairns to Weipa and back… the Gobioides. Part 1”, Fishes of Sahul 33, 2019, pp. 1448–1483; J. Lenagan, “Cairns to Weipa and back, through a new lens: Part 2. Gobioides of the Wet Tropics”, Fishes of Sahul 34, 2020, pp. 1642–1657.