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/The Conscientious Reef Aquarist
Hover Gobies,
Genus Amblygobius
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By Bob Fenner |
Amblygobius phalaena
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Genus Amblygobius, the Hover
Gobies: Thirteen species of sand sifting/diggers, too often lost in
captivity from simple starvation. Continuous feeders in the wild on filamentous
algae, various crustacean groups, nematode worms... Keep in reef type settings
with adequate interstitial fauna... And don't buy skinny specimens! There are
thirteen species in this genus.
| Amblygobius albimaculatus (Ruppell 1830), the
Butterfly or Tailspot Reef Goby. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, East Africa
to the South Pacific. To seven inches in length. Lives in seagrass beds,
sand, broken rubble zones. This pair off the beach of Na'ama Bay, Sharm,
Red Sea. |
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| Amblygobius decussatus (Bleeker 1855), the
Orange-Striped Goby. Western Pacific; Philippines, Micronesia. To three
and a half inches in length. One in an aquarium, the other in Queensland,
Australian waters. |
 
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| Amblygobius hectori (Smith 1957), Hector's Goby.
Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea, to Micronesia. To two and a half
inches long. Aquarium photo. |
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| Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837), the Banded
Goby. Indo-Pacific; Philippines to the Society Islands. To six
inches in length. This one off of Heron Island, Australia's Great Barrier
Reef. |
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| Amblygobius rainfordi (Whitley 1940), Rainford's Goby
to the aquarium interest, Old Glory to science. Indo-West Pacific;
Philippines to Micronesia. To two and a half inches. Aquarium, and Australia's Great Barrier
Reef specimens. |
 
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| Amblygobius semicinctus (Bennett 1833). Western
Indian Ocean. To nearly four inches in length. This one in the Maldives. |
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| Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes 1837), the Sphinx
Goby. To about seven inches in length. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea to
Micronesia. Aquarium photo. Similar to A. phalaena but has more
cheek scales and lacks the dorsal ocellus. |
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Don't Allow Your Amblygobius to Jump Out! Or Get Too Thin!!!
| The most common cause of loss of Amblygobius (with jumping
out a distant second!) is starvation. Shown is a too-thin A. hectori.
Get these fishes in a good "index condition" (round, not sunken
in) and feed them continuously. Best with large, established reef systems,
a refugium, and plenty of small living items to choose from. |
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