Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Two-Color Yellow-Striped Goby
Gobiodon okinawae
Photo: User:Haplochromis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank40 l
- Adult size3.5 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Western Pacific (from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef)
- Size
- 3.5 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 40 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; lays eggs among the branches of the coral
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Lemon-yellow and tiny. It lives perched among the branches of Acropora corals. Its toxic mucus protects it from predators.
