• Name:

    Sleeper Banded Goby

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  • Family: Gobiidae
  • Species: Gobies
  • Scientific Name: Amblygobius phalaena
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Also Know As:

| Brownbarred Goby

| Bullet Goby

| Dragon Goby

| Dragon Sleeper Goby

| Banded goby

| Brown-barred goby

| Whitebarred goby

| White barred goby

General info about Sleeper Banded Goby

It has a greenish-yellow head with blue and orange dots and dashes. The remainder of the body is yellow with brown bands. It should be housed in an aquarium with a substrate of loose coral rubble, and a tight-fitting lid to prevent it from jumping out of the tank. It will rarely become aggressive towards other fish, but is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair.

Caution with Sleeper Banded Goby

Gobies are considered jumpers make sure your aquarium has a tight-fitting canopy or screen cover to prevent the Gobie from jumping out of your aquarium. Gobies have been known to jump through the smallest of holes in a canopy. 
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Sleeper Banded Goby Gobies Gobiidae Amblygobius phalaena It has a greenish-yellow head with blue and orange dots and dashes. The remainder of the body is yellow with brown bands. It should be housed in an aquarium with a substrate of loose coral rubble, and a tight-fitting lid to prevent it from jumping out of the tank. It will rarely become aggressive towards other fish, but is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair. PalaciosAn

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