The girdled goby Nesogobius maccullochi and Hinsby’s gobyi Nesogobius hinsbyi are the only two Nesogobius species that have scales on the top of the head behind the eye. The girdled goby has dark rectangular markings on the side of the body below the midline. The species is often noticed darting away on shallow sandflats and is frequently mistaken for juvenile flathead.

• Max Size: 7 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 10.3-22.3°C
• Depth: 0-5m
• Habitat: Soft sediment

• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Infrequent (2% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.