Redigobius

Redigobius is a genus with 3 species in this atlas, catalogued in the Gobies & Gudgeons section, recorded from Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and 9 more countries. Adult sizes run from 1.5 in to 2 in. Every species below links to a full researched profile.

Species in atlas
3
Adult sizes
1.5–2 in
IUCN assessed
3 of 3
Recorded from
12 countries

About the genus

Redigobius is a genus of small gobies in family Gobiidae, distributed across estuaries, mangrove creeks, and the lower freshwater reaches of rivers throughout the Indo-Pacific, from Madagascar and Mayotte across South and Southeast Asia to Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. The atlas's three species - the girdled goby (R. balteatus), speckled goby (R. bikolanus), and spotfin goby (R. chrysosoma) - are tiny fish, under 2 in, sharing the classic goby build of fused pelvic fins forming a ventral sucking disc that anchors them against current on sand, mud, or rock.

Like most members of this ecological guild, Redigobius species are of modest interest outside specialist brackish and native-fish circles, where their bold, territorial behavior over a small home substrate makes them engaging nano-tank subjects for keepers willing to replicate estuarine conditions. Two atlas species are rated Least Concern and one has not yet been formally evaluated, consistent with a genus that is locally common across a very broad range but has not drawn much dedicated conservation study.

IUCN Red List: Least Concern · 2 Not Evaluated · 1

The 3 species

Every Redigobius recorded in this atlas. Each card links to a full researched profile — distribution, water parameters, and aquarium care, cited to primary sources.

(Herre, 1935)

Girdled goby, Rhinohorn goby, Skunk goby

1.5 in SL · LC

(Herre, 1927)

Speckled goby

1.5 in TL · NE

(Bleeker, 1875)

Spotfin goby, Goldenbelly goby

2 in SL · LC

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How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Genus Redigobius. Aquarist Atlas. https://www.aquaristatlas.com/redigobius/

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