different types of gobies?

[scottsbt1690]

hiya all,
was wondering if anyone could tell me of the different types of frewater topical gobies you can get i have onyl ever seen bumble bee gobies and marine ones,

cheers

scott
scotland

 

[Dwarfs]

Tateurnda occelicauda (Is that right? I'm spelling off the top of my head) A freshwater peacock goby/gudgeon

Mogurnda mogurnda purple spotted gudgeon

Empire gudgeons are all freshwater gobies (gudgeons are gobies)

 

[Never2Bknown]

Okay... I'm not sure how many are actually available at petshops, but here's a couple that I know of that aren't marine:

Purple-Striped Gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda (as mentioned above)
--gets up to eight inches
--will nip at smaller fishes
--fairly easy to breed

Marbled Sleeper Oxyleotris marmota
--gets up to 1 1/2 feet
--slow, but vicious
--males seem to be the only sex imported

The only others I can find that are not brackish or marine are the Bumblee Gobies, which you have already mentioned.

 

[WheelmanCA19]

I could have swore bumblebee gobies were brackish.

 

[SirMinion]

I could have swore bumblebee gobies were brackish.

They are, but can be aclimatised to freshwater.

Another fresh/brackish goby is the Violet (dragon) goby - gobioides broussonetti


here's some pictures.

 

[Dwarfs]

Okay... I'm not sure how many are actually available at petshops, but here's a couple that I know of that aren't marine:

Purple-Striped Gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda (as mentioned above)
--gets up to eight inches
--will nip at smaller fishes
--fairly easy to breed

Marbled Sleeper Oxyleotris marmota
--gets up to 1 1/2 feet
--slow, but vicious
--males seem to be the only sex imported

The only others I can find that are not brackish or marine are the Bumblee Gobies, which you have already mentioned.

The purple spotted, (striped is endangered, spotted is the available species) gudgeon won't nip fish, mine eats anything under 4 inches

 

[CFC]

There are hundreds of freshwater and brackish goby species which are imported for the aquarium trade, to list them all would take all day!