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Yellowfin Goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
A Yellowfin Goby caught in an estuarine area of Sydney, New South Wales, April 2008. Photo © S. Murray. View larger image.
The Yellowfin Goby has a diagonal line sloping forward from the eye to the rear margin of the jaw. There are dark blotches on the sides of the body and a dark spot at the base of the caudal fin. There is a dark bar on the upper region of the pectoral fin base and dark spots forming rows on the dorsal fins.
The species grows to about 25 cm in length.
It occurs naturally in Japan but has been introduced to Australia, where it is known from the northern coast of New South Wales to Botany Bay, Sydney and from Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.
The Yellowfin Goby is a benthic species that is usually found on muddy seabeds in estuarine and inshore areas.
It has also been called the Japanese Goby and Oriental Goby.
Related links
- View the Gobies list
- View the Family Gobiidae list
Further reading
- Hoese, D.F. (1973). The introduction of the gobiid fishes Acanthogobius flavimanus and Tridentiger trigonocephalus into Australia. Koolewong 2 (3): 3–5.
- Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & G.R. Allen. 2006. Fishes. in Beesley, P.L. & A. Wells. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia. parts 1-3, pages 1-2178.
- Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. Family Gobiidae. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
