What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Goldspot goby been recorded?

Gnatholepis thompsoni occurrence evidence comes from 24,148 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1924 to 2025. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesGobiidaeGnatholepis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

24,148 records across 28 countries and territories, 1924–2025.

Gnatholepis thompsoni · GBIF taxon key 2378717

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19242025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Goldspot goby has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Goldspot goby. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 21,333
Puerto Rico 2,507
Belize 72
US Virgin Islands 44
Bahamas 28
ZZ 25
Trinidad & Tobago 24
Brazil 21
Curaçao 12
Turks and Caicos Islands 11
Spain 9
Honduras 8
Mexico 8
United States Minor Outlying Islands 8
Panama 7
Saint Helena 7
Bermuda 5
Dominica 3
Jamaica 3
Nicaragua 3
Costa Rica 2
Martinique 2
Bonaire 1
Cabo Verde 1
Grenada 1
Saint Lucia 1
São Tomé & Príncipe 1
Venezuela 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gobiidae.

Common Goby
Common Goby
16,763 records
Black Goby
Black Goby
9,074 records
Amur goby
8,320 records
Blueband Goby
Blueband Goby
1,335 records
Bichique
31 records
Cotylopus acutipinnis
1 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.