Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea south to Mozambique and east to Fiji, north to Taiwan, and south to New Caledonia.
Size: 4 inches - 10 cm
Natural Environment: Inhabits mangrove and silty areas and usually found at depths between 3 – 15 feet (1 – 5 m) where it turns over upper sediments in search of benthic crustaceans.
General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Istigobius
FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it become available in the trade, aquarium husbandry will be similar to others in this genus.