Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, east to Taiwan and Japan, south to New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and the Great Barrier Reef.
Size: 1 inch (2 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal dead algae covered reefs and usually found at depths between 3– 100 feet (1 – 30 m) where it feeds upon benthic invertebrate/zooplankton.
General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eviota
FYI: Shown here for identification only.