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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Tropical

Bynoe goby

Amblygobius bynoensis Richardson, 1844
Max Length
10 cm
Max Weight
Lifespan
Trophic Level
3
Depth
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Occurs in protected bays and harbors; often on silty habitat or fine white sand just below the intertidal zone. Make burrows under solid objects; hovering close to the substrate. Adults usually in pairs .

Scientific Name
Amblygobius bynoensis
Authority
Richardson, 1844
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
10 cm
Trophic Level
3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Body pale, with dark stripe edged with pale blue from the snout, through the eye, to just past the pectoral fin, meeting some indistinct barring anteriorly on upper sides .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Bynoe goby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Bynoe goby is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding .

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌿 Brackish ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3±0.2

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00832 × L3.08 (TL)
Max TL
10cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Richardson, 1844

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇬🇧English Byno Goby · Bynoe Goby · bynoe's goby · Bynoe’s Goby
🇫🇮Finnish Valjastokko
🇨🇳Chinese 百瑙鈍鰕虎魚

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Apocryptes bivittatus Macleay 1878 Synonym
Apocryptes lineatus Alleyne & Macleay 1877 Synonym
Gobius bynoensis Richardson 1844 Synonym

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 2 records indexed .

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