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The violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States of America, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates. [2] It is often marketed as the dragon goby or ...
Bumblebee goby: Brachygobius xanthozonus: 1.5" Often a picky eater. Will accept thawed frozen brine shrimp or mysis shrimp. Can be outcompeted for food by more aggressive fish. Water Cow: Eleotris picta: 17" Violet goby, Dragon goby: Gobioides broussonnetii: 21" Though pet stores often label as "vicious" this fish is actually quite harmless ...
A peaceful fish that should be kept alongside similarly non-aggressive tank mates. Also known as white-spotted goby, brown-barred goby, bullet goby; scientific name amblygobius phalaena. Maximum ...
Also a freshwater and brackish water fish and often sold as Dragon Fish or Dragon Goby: 21" Wheeler's watchman goby: Amblyeleotris wheeleri: Yes: 8 cm (3.1 in) Yellow watchman goby: Cryptocentrus cinctus: Yes: A species of "watchman" or "shrimp" goby that can form a symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp: 7 cm (2.8 in) Yasha goby ...
Glossogobius giuris, the tank goby, is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from the Red Sea and East Africa through South Asia and the Indian Ocean to China, Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Sueviota aethon, the grumpy dwarfgoby, is a species of goby endemic to the Red Sea, and can grow to 17 millimetres (0.67 in) in length. It is closely related to members of the Eviota genus , possessing many similar characteristics such as morphology , ecology , and distribution .
Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia. [2] The word goby derives from the Latin gobius meaning " gudgeon ", [ 3 ] and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the ...
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. [1] Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm (3.9 in) in length, and the family includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, such as Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea, Trimmatom nanus are under ...