Blackfinned Shrimp Goby
From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer
This shrimp goby species comes in two color forms. Scott W. Michael
[edit] Overview
This handsome species is a wonderful aquarium fish with two color forms. One is a yellowish orange phase with permanent bars, a few spots on the body, numerous spots on the head, and bold, orange markings on the median fins. The other is a brown to olive-drab color that displays bars when threatened or behaving aggressively, has blue spots on the body and few on the head.
Family: Gobiidae
Other common name(s):
Native range:
Maximum length: 13 cm (5 in)
Minimum aquarium size: 76 L (20 gal)
Water: Marine 24 °C (297 K, 75 °F) - 28 °C (301 K, 82 °F)
[edit] Feeding
Meaty foods, including finely shredded frozen seafood, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations, pigment-enriched flake food, and Cyclop-eeze. Feed at least once a day or preferably twice a day.
[edit] Aquarium Compatibility
Even though it is large, it seems to be a minimal threat to smaller fish tankmates, even other gobies. (It may eat small ornamental shrimps.) I kept an adult individual in a large reef aquarium with other shrimp gobies. They would occasionally display at each other, but that was the extent of their aggression.
| Common name | Blackfinned Shrimp Goby + |
| Family | Gobiidae + |
| Genus | Cryptocentrus + |
| Image credit | SWM + |
| Maximum length | 5 in + |
| Minimum aquarium size | 20 gal + |
| Native range | Western Central Pacific +, and Indonesia + |
| Reference | A PocketExpert Guide to Reef Aquarium Fishes + |
| Specific name | pavoninoides + |
| Text credit | SWM + |
| Water max temp | 301 K (28 °C, 82 °F) + |
| Water min temp | 297 K (24 °C, 75 °F) + |
| Water type | Marine + |