Other Freshwater and Brackish Water Fish
Bumblebee Goby
Brachygobius doriae
Photo: Dirk Godlinski · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–30 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Minimum tank40 l
- Adult size2.5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
Full profile
- Family
- Oxudercidae
- Origin
- Borneo, Malaysian Peninsula and Sumatra
- Size
- 2.5 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 30°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH
- 10 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- brackish
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial on a small scale)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 40 L
- Diet
- Carnivorous (Artemia, larvae; rarely eats dry food)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; the male tends to the clutch in a cave
Notes: Black and yellow stripes like a bumblebee. It thrives best in slightly brackish water, with plenty of shells and rocks to mark its territory.
