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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.
Bryaninops ridens, Ridens goby; Bryaninops yongei, Whip coral goby; Callogobius bifasciatus, Doublebar goby; Callogobius maculipinnis, Ostrich goby; Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus, Harlequin prawn-goby; Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus, Ninebar prawn-goby; Cryptocentrus fasciatus, Y-bar shrimp goby; Cryptocentrus lutheri, Luther's prawn-goby
The blackeye goby is the only species recognised in the genus Rhinogobiops.It is a true goby, being classified in the subfamily Gobiinae. [2]The species was first described in 1882 by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean from a specimen from Departure Bay, British Columbia, recovered in 1881 by the American survey vessel Hassler.
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]
Eviota sigillata, commonly called seven-figure pygmy goby or adorned dwarfgoby, is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae. They are widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, from the Seychelles to the Micronesia. [2] It inhabits reef habitats at depths from 3 to 20 m (9.8–65.6 ft). [3]
Coryphopterus tortugae, the patch-reef goby, is a species of goby found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean. [2] Description
The promethean goby (Varicus prometheus) [1] is a mesophotic species of reef goby native to the Caribbean Sea, more specifically Half Moon Bay, Roatan, which is its type locality. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first specimen of the species was a female collected among a small group of algae of the genus Halimeda .