Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Edgbaston goby (Chlamydogobius squamigenus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Edgbaston goby (Chlamydogobius squamigenus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Edgbaston goby

Chlamydogobius squamigenus

Edgbaston goby, the Edgbaston goby, is a critically endangered species of goby endemic to the Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland, Australia where it occurs in small pools with clay bottoms and emergent tussock grasses.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Chlamydogobius squamigenus
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Gobiidae · Chlamydogobius

The goby

This species can reach a length of 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.

Range and habitat

Edgbaston goby, the Edgbaston goby, is a critically endangered species of goby endemic to the Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland, Australia where it occurs in small pools with clay bottoms and emergent tussock grasses.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The red-finned blue-eye, 11 snail species, a small crustacean, a flatworm, a spider and a dragonfly are restricted to the same springs and also threatened.

Edgbaston goby is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Edgbaston goby, Wikidata item Q306774. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

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Dalhousie goby

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Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
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Javan rhinoceros

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Sumatran orangutan

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Quick answers

What is Edgbaston goby?
Edgbaston goby is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes) — Chlamydogobius squamigenus.
What is the conservation status of Edgbaston goby?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Chlamydogobius squamigenus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Edgbaston goby live?
Edgbaston goby, the Edgbaston goby, is a critically endangered species of goby endemic to the Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland, Australia where it occurs in small pools with clay bottoms and emergent tussock grasses.
Why is Edgbaston goby in crisis?
The red-finned blue-eye, 11 snail species, a small crustacean, a flatworm, a spider and a dragonfly are restricted to the same springs and also threatened.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Chlamydogobius squamigenus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Edgbaston goby a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.