Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Golden-head Sleeper Goby
Valenciennea strigata
Photo: Leonard Low from Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size18 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 18 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)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ⚠️ Use with caution (sprinkle sand over corals on the substrate)
Notes: Yellow head with a bright blue stripe. Constantly sifts through the sand; requires a mature substrate with microfauna.
