Serpentine Goby
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The serpentine goby has a band through its eye and a slanting band behind it.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Serpentine Goby
- Scientific name
- Pterogobius elapoides
- Japanese name
- キヌバリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Pterogobius
It lives in bays and on rocky shores with seaweed, and young fish are also seen in tide pools.
Fish on the Pacific side and on the Sea of Japan side have different numbers of bands on their sides.
Basic data
- Range
- Aomori Prefecture and southern Hokkaido to Kyushu
Where the Serpentine Goby has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- キヌバリ
- 简体中文
- 蛇首高鳍鰕虎鱼
- 繁體中文
- 蛇首高鰭鰕虎魚
- 한국어
- 일곱동갈망둑
- Español
- Gobio kinubari
- Português (Brasil)
- Góbio-de-listras-contornadas
- Русский
- Поперечнополосый птерогобиус
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — キヌバリChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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