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A rather grumpy-looking goby thanks to its downturned mouth, these fish enjoy burrowing in the sand at the bottom of the tank and can feed off the substrate as well as the water column.
The green banded goby is popular with aquarists and is generally considered to be reef safe.It is especially suited to nano reef tanks because of its small size.. Because of territorial issues with their own kind in the small confines of a tank, they are best kept singly or as a breeding pair.
The yellow clown goby, Gobiodon okinawae, also known as the Okinawa goby or yellow coral goby, is a member of the goby family native to the western Pacific from southern Japan to the southern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. As the name implies, they are bright yellow in color, save for a whitish patch on each cheek.
[5] [6] [7] A wide variety of fish including wrasse, cichlids, catfish, pipefish, lumpsuckers, and gobies display cleaning behaviors across the globe in fresh, brackish, and marine waters but specifically concentrated in the tropics due to high parasite density. [2] Similar behaviour is found in other groups of animals, such as cleaner shrimps.
The spikefin goby is found throughout the western Pacific Ocean, as well as in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It is a benthic fish that inhabits crevices and pockets in coral reefs between 2 and 50 meters in depth along the reef rock, rubble, and sand. [2] [3] [4] It is reclusive and is not associated with burrows or prawns. [5]
Trimma tevegae, commonly known as the bluestripe pygmygoby or blue-striped cave goby among other names, is a species of goby from the western Pacific.They are small fish, averaging at 2 cm (0.79 in), orange-brown with white undersides in life, with characteristic iridescent blue or lavender stripes on the sides and on top of the body.
Parva goby: Ashmore Reef, Maldives, and Seychelles to Oceania, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef. Valenciennea persica Hoese & Larson, 1994: Persian Gulf to Masirah Island, central Oman. Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) Maiden goby: the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Valenciennea randalli Hoese ...
Glossogobius concavifrons E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886 (Concave goby) Glossogobius flavipinnis Aurich, 1938 (Towuti yellowfin goby) Glossogobius giuris F. Hamilton, 1822 (Tank goby) Glossogobius hoesei G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Hoese's goby) Glossogobius illimis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012 (False Celebius goby) Glossogobius intermedius ...