Stigmatogobius

Stigmatogobius is a genus with 2 species in this atlas, catalogued in the Gobies & Gudgeons section, recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and 6 more countries. Adult sizes run from 2.5 in to 3 in. Every species below links to a full researched profile.

Species in atlas
2
Adult sizes
2.5–3 in
IUCN assessed
2 of 2
Recorded from
9 countries

About the genus

Stigmatogobius is a genus of small gobies in family Gobiidae, distributed widely across South and Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and India. The atlas covers 2 species at a compact 2.5–3 in. Like many gobies of this region, they are typically found in brackish, tidally influenced water - river mouths, mangrove creeks, and coastal lowland streams - rather than fully freshwater habitats, and share the goby body plan of a blunt head and fused pelvic fins forming a sucker-like disc.

The knight goby (Stigmatogobius sadanundio) is the genus's aquarium-trade representative and a long-standing brackish-tank fish, recognizable by its silvery body scattered with bold black spots; it is a semi-aggressive, territorial feeder best kept with water that carries some salinity rather than as a pure freshwater community fish. S. pleurostigma has little presence in the hobby by comparison. The IUCN picture is incomplete rather than concerning - one species is Least Concern and the other Not Evaluated, typical for a widespread brackish-water goby genus with uneven survey coverage across its range.

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

The 2 species

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

(Bleeker, 1849)

2.5 in SL · LC

(Hamilton, 1822)

Knight goby, Decorated goby

3 in SL · NE

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How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Genus Stigmatogobius. Aquarist Atlas. https://www.aquaristatlas.com/stigmatogobius/

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