• Name:

    Tangaroa Shrimp goby

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  • Family: Gobiidae
  • Species: Gobies
  • Scientific Name: Ctenogobiops tangaroai
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Also Know As:

| Tangaroa Goby

| Masted shrimp goby

| Tangaroa shrimp-goby

General info about Tangaroa Shrimp goby

The Tangaroa Goby is a beautiful species from the Indo-Pacific that is opaque in color with many red and white flecks covering the entire body. They have a very dramatic, long dorsal fin that is black in coloration. They are a wonderful fish for a passive fish only or reef aquarium and may form a symbiotic relationship with a pistol shrimp. The Tangaroa Goby is best suited for an aquarium that contains plenty of live rock and a sand bed. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species. Being territorial, it may occasionally quarrel with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small.

Caution with Tangaroa Shrimp 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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Tangaroa Shrimp goby Gobies Gobiidae Ctenogobiops tangaroai The Tangaroa Goby is a beautiful species from the Indo-Pacific that is opaque in color with many red and white flecks covering the entire body. They have a very dramatic, long dorsal fin that is black in coloration. They are a wonderful fish for a passive fish only or reef aquarium and may form a symbiotic relationship with a pistol shrimp. The Tangaroa Goby is best suited for an aquarium that contains plenty of live rock and a sand bed. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species. Being territorial, it may occasionally quarrel with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small. PalaciosAn

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