Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Orange-dashed Goby
Valenciennea puellaris
Photo: Normann Z · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size16 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Samoa)
- Size
- 16 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- carnivore (sifts through the sand in search of small invertebrates)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ⚠️ Use with caution (sprinkle sand over the corals on the substrate)
Notes: White body with orange spots. It constantly sifts through the sand, keeping it clean, but removes small invertebrates from the aquarium. It requires a deep, mature sand substrate.
