What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Blacktip goby been recorded?

Valenciennea sexguttata occurrence evidence comes from 253 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1928 to 2026. Most records come from Micronesia.

PerciformesGobiidaeValenciennea

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

253 records across 28 countries and territories, 1928–2026.

Valenciennea sexguttata · GBIF taxon key 2377390

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

12 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: August. 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

19282026

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

Where Blacktip goby has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Blacktip 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
Micronesia 43
Fiji 24
Marshall Islands 19
Thailand 18
Seychelles 15
Philippines 14
Palau 14
Maldives 12
Wallis & Futuna 12
Egypt 9
Sri Lanka 9
Indonesia 8
Mauritius 8
British Indian Ocean Territory 7
Papua New Guinea 7
Madagascar 6
Eritrea 4
Myanmar 4
Oman 4
Tonga 4
Pakistan 3
Solomon Islands 3
Japan 1
Malaysia 1
New Caledonia 1
Timor-Leste 1
Vietnam 1
Vanuatu 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gobiidae.

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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.