Blackray Shrimp Goby – Stonogobiops nematodes
Species name: Stonogobiops nematodes
Common names: Blackray Shrimp Goby, Hi Fin Red Banded Goby, Striped Goby, Yellow Rose Goby, Filament Finned Prawn Goby
Family: Gobiidae (Gobies)
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 2 in.
Minimum tank size: 25 gallons ( many aquarist keep it in tank as small as 5 gallons with success.)
Hardiness: Easy
Aggressiveness: Peaceful. Not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species. Do not keep it with hawkfish, sand perches, or aggressive dottybacks.
Reef Compatibility: Excellent
Distribution: Indonesia and the Philippines
Diet: Carnivore. Should be fed a variety of foods including marine algae, Spirulina, mysid shrimp, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, chopped table shrimp, Omega One flake food, Cyclop-eeze, and other high quality meaty foods. Feed twice a day
Additional information:
In the wild, Blackray Shrimp Goby are from Indonesia and the Philippines where they burrow in the sand. It is a really nice fish with a silver-white body, a yellow face and distinct dark diagonal stripes across the body.
It makes an excellent “Nano Fish” and does well in any peaceful reef aquarium where it will spend most of it’s time in close proximity to its burrow. It rarely move more than 10 in. from its burrows.
The Blackray Shrimp Goby is known to be one of the goby that will share its burrow with the symbiotic shrimp Alpheus randalli. The Blackray Shrimp Goby serves as lookout while the shrimp keeps their burrow dug out and tidy.
It is an hardy fish but it is important that you carefully acclimate it to the new aquarium. This fish often hide for days (even weeks) before to show up. To help it acclimate, Blackray Shrimp Goby can be add first into the aquarium. An other way is to avoid keeping it with aggressive tankmates.
The ideal aquarium should have a temperature of 72 to 78F with a specific gravity of 1.020 to 1.025 and a pH between 8.1 and 8.4. Plenty of live rock and a deep sandbed to burrow is a must!
Like other gobies, the Blackray Shrimp Goby may attempt jump out when the lights are extinguished or if it’s being stressed. Cover the tank until the fish acclimates and make sure it has plenty of hiding to hide and burrow. Providing a night light may also help. They will do best if a mated pair can be acquired.
Need more information about Stonogobiops nematodes? Search the major fish identification sites on the web! For better results, search using the names Stonogobiops nematodes, Blackray Shrimp Goby, Hi Fin Red Banded Goby, Striped Goby, Yellow Rose Goby or Filament Finned Prawn Goby.
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References: FishBase,
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