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Marble goby

Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852)

Status not recordedbony fish

The marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) is a species in the family Butidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the marble goby

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the marble goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the marble goby as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. China
  2. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the marble goby endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the marble goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyButidae
  6. genusOxyeleotris
  7. SpeciesOxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852)

Synonyms Bostrichthys marmoratus, Callieleotris platycephalus, Eleotris marmorata, Gigantogobius jordani, Oxyelectris marmoratus, Oxyeleotris marmoratus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Marbled gobyEnglish
  • BakutIndonesian
  • マーブルゴビーJapanese
  • Мраморный элеотрисRussian
  • ปลาบู่ทรายThai
  • Soon hockCantonese
  • 雲斑尖塘鱧Chinese
  • BetutuIndonesian
  • 斑駁尖塘鱧Chinese
  • 筍殼魚Chinese
  • 斑駁尖塘鱧 雲斑尖塘鱧 (筍殼魚)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marble goby

Other species in the same genus Oxyeleotris.

Loter

Oxyeleotris lineolata

ButidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the marble goby an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the marble goby as introduced in 2 countries: China and Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the marble goby?

The marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) belongs to the family Butidae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marble-goby

MLA

“Marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marble-goby.

BibTeX
@misc{marble_goby_2026,
  title = {Marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marble-goby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}