Randall’s Shrimp Goby
From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer
This attractive goby has a large dorsal fin that's a target for fin-nippers. Scott W. Michael
[edit] Overview
This spectacular goby is a great reef tank fish. It can be kept with other shrimp gobies (they may even share a burrow with a heterospecific).
Family: Gobiidae
Other common name(s):
- Randall's Prawn Goby
Native range:
- Western Pacific
- Moluccas Islands
- Solomon Islands
- Ryukyu Islands
- Great Barrier Reef
- Palau
Habitat: This shrimp goby is usually found in rubble caves in clear coastal to outer reefs.
Maximum length: 8.9 cm (4 in)
Minimum aquarium size: 38 L (10 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; twice daily is preferable.
[edit] Aquarium Compatibility
They can be kept with members of their own kind, but individuals will occasionally quarrel. Combative individuals will approach each other with all their fins spread, their mouths open and their gills flared. If aggression escalates, they will bite each other’s fins, especially the dorsal.
The large dorsal fin is occasionally a target for species that like to nip fins or remove parasites.
[edit] Notes
Sometimes this species will not eat for several days after it is introduced to its new home, but it rarely refuses food for long.
| Common name | Randall’s Shrimp Goby +, and Randall's Prawn Goby + |
| Family | Gobiidae + |
| Genus | Amblyeleotris + |
| Image credit | SWM + |
| Maximum length | 4 in + |
| Minimum aquarium size | 10 gal + |
| Native range | Western Pacific +, Moluccas Islands +, Solomon Islands +, Ryukyu Islands +, Great Barrier Reef +, and Palau + |
| Reference | A PocketExpert Guide to Reef Aquarium Fishes + |
| Specific name | randalli + |
| Text credit | SWM + |
| Water max temp | 301 K (28 °C, 82 °F) + |
| Water min temp | 297 K (24 °C, 75 °F) + |
| Water type | Marine + |