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Trident goby

Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill, 1859)

Status not recordedbony fish

The trident goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus) is a species in the family Gobiidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the trident 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 trident goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the trident goby as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Indonesiainvasive
  2. Australia
  3. Russia
  4. Ukraine
  5. United States

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 trident 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 trident goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusTridentiger
  7. SpeciesTridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill, 1859)

Synonyms Amblygobius shatinensis, Gobius fasciapectoralis, Triaenophorichthys taeniatus, Triaenophorus trigonocephalus, Tridentiger genimaculatus, Tridentiger marmoratus, Trifissus ioturus

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Chameleon gobyEnglish
  • Japanese gobyEnglish
  • Striped Tripletooth gobyEnglish
  • Gobio camaleónSpanish
  • アカオビシマハゼJapanese
  • 두줄망둑Korean
  • KameleongrondelDutch
  • Полосатый трехзубый бычокRussian
  • Бичок-хамелеонUkrainian
  • 紋縞鰕虎魚Chinese
  • Китайский полосатый трёхзубый бычокRussian
  • Тризубий смугастий бичокUkrainian
  • 紋縞鰕虎Chinese
  • 纹缟鰕虎鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the trident goby

Other species in the same genus Tridentiger.

Frog goby

Tridentiger brevispinis

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Shade goby

Tridentiger obscurus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the trident goby an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the trident goby as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the trident goby?

The trident goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus) belongs to the family Gobiidae 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). Trident goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trident-goby

MLA

“Trident goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trident-goby.

BibTeX
@misc{trident_goby_2026,
  title = {Trident goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trident-goby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}