Gobies

[ganowicki]

I am looking at getting a goby for my tank, there are a couple of gobies that are available from the LFS but I have no idea what they look like. they are a blue face goby and solaris goby. I have searched on google, but with no real success.

PS If someone knows, what would the latin names be?

[christyf5]

Hey Gord,

I've never heard of either of those either. Can you give us an idea of size and body color, as well as shape (head vs body proportions). For example, sleeper gobies have a fairly large head in comparison to their bodies. I have noticed that the larger headed ones seem to be sand sifters. Other gobies are more streamlined like a neon goby or redheaded goby (I'm just speaking on the ones I have).

You could also try gobyfrontiers http://uri.sakura.ne.jp/~dd/goby.htm They have an awesome site with tons of pictures. If you don't find it there try picking one that has the general body shape.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you do find it :biggrin:

Christy :)

[Quinn]

Found some sites referring to Hoplolatilus starcki as a blue face goby, although it is not a goby at all. Not sure if this is what your LFS has or not.

Solaris goby, one very poor reference and no latin name. Could be anything. :neutral:

Common names are lame.

[Shy_Koi]

Found a few goby pics (Blue face included) with common & Latin names here:
http://www.golden-ina.com/html/goby.html
The only reference I could find to a Solaris Goby was a Solaris Blenny... ?
HTH,
~Tamara

[ganowicki]

thanks for the replies, i found out that it was a blue face tilefish (hoplolatilus starcki) and a leaopard blenny (Exallias Brevis). I decided not to go with any of them. I guess I will wait for the next list to come.

[hockey nut]

Hi I don't know if you can make it into the city or if someone could ship it to you but Big Als in Richmond has 3 orange spot shrimp gobies ( amblyeleotris guttata ). Very cool little fish. HTH :0)

[Orion80]

check out this site, gives u a bit of a refference to check fish by,

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/category_display.php?keywords=&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4&inc_subcat=1&search_in_description=1&parent_category=4&x=5&y=14

hopefully this link wrks.

Adie