Reeflings

Gobies

227 species

Gobies are a diverse group of fish often prized in the reefkeeping hobby for their vibrant colors and interesting behaviors. They are generally small, bottom-dwelling fish that form symbiotic relationships with invertebrates like pistol shrimps. Gobies are known for their peaceful nature and can be kept in smaller tanks, making them ideal for nano reefs. They require a well-established aquarium with plenty of hiding places and a sandy substrate to mimic their natural habitat. Gobies feed on a variety of foods, including frozen and live meaty foods, and some species will also graze on algae. It's important to research the specific needs of the goby species you are interested in, as some may have unique care requirements.

  1. Wildschein
    Common name: Robust cusk
    Scientific name: Alionematichthys riukiuensis
  2. Arcfin Shrimpgoby Amblyeleotris arcupinna
    Common name: Horse-shoe shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris arcupinna
  3. Close up of Pinkbar goby (Amblyeleotris aurora)
    Common name: Pinkbar goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris aurora
  4. Diagonal Shrimp-Goby Amblyeleotris diagonalis
    Common name: Diagonal shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris diagonalis
  5. Common name: Shoulder-spot shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris downingi
  6. red banded shrimpgoby
    Common name: Red-barred shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris fasciata
  7. giant shrimp-goby amblyeleotris fontanesii
    Common name: Giant shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris fontanesii
  8. Orange Spotted Goby in Aquarium
    Common name: Spotted prawn-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris guttata
  9. Masked Shrimp-Goby Amblyeleotris gymnocephala
    Common name: Barehead goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris gymnocephala
  10. Common name: Harrison's Shrimp Goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris harrisorum
  11. Wide-barred Shrimpgoby Amblyeleotris latifasciata
    Common name: Wide-barred shrimpgody
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris latifasciata
  12. Common name: Neumann's Shrimp Goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris neumanni
  13. Common name: New Caledonia Shrimp Goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae
  14. ミナミダテハゼ
    Common name: Redspotted shrimpgoby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis
  15. Broad-banded shrimp-goby Amblyeleotris periophthalma
    Common name: Periophthalma prawn-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris periophthalma
  16. Randalls Partner Grundel (Amblyeleotris randalli)
    Common name: Randall's prawn-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris randalli
  17. Common name: Volcano shrimpgoby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris rhyax
  18. Redmargin Shrimpgoby Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
    Common name: Redmargin shrimpgoby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
  19. Steinitz Prawn-Goby (Amblyeleotris steinitzi)
    Common name: Steinitz' goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris steinitzi
  20. Magnus' shrimp goby
    Common name: Magnus' goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris sungami
  21. Common name: Triplespot shrimpgoby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris triguttata
  22. Burgundy Shrimp-Goby Amblyeleotris wheeleri
    Common name: Gorgeous prawn-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris wheeleri
  23. Flag tail Goby,Amblyeleotris yanoi, and Randall s Shrimp, Alpheus randalli Sulawesi, Indonesia
    Common name: Flag-tail shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Amblyeleotris yanoi
  24. A Tailspoy Goby (Amblygobius albimaculatus) in the Red Sea, Egypt
    Common name: Whitelined goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius albimaculatus
  25. Common name: Bynoe goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius bynoensis
  26. Pink-lined goby Amblygobius decussatus
    Common name: Pink-lined goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius decussatus
  27. False sleeper goby (Amblygobius nocturnus)
    Common name: Nocturn goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius nocturnus
  28. Amblygobius phalaena - Banded goby
    Common name: Banded goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius phalaena
  29. Blue White-barred Goby (Amblygobius Semicinctus, Amblygobius phalaena) swims near Soft coral Yellow Broccoli (Litophyton arboreum) on sandy seabed on sunny day, Red sea, Safaga, Egypt
    Common name: Half-barred goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius semicinctus
  30. Sphynx Goby Amblygobius sphynx
    Common name: Sphynx goby
    Scientific name: Amblygobius sphynx
  31. Orange-spotted sleeper goby Valenciennea puellaris
    Common name: Orange-spotted goby
    Scientific name: Asterropteryx bipunctata
  32. Common name: Miller's damsel
    Scientific name: Asterropteryx ensifera
  33. ホシハゼの顔-Asterropteryx semipunctata
    Common name: Starry goby
    Scientific name: Asterropteryx semipunctata
  34. Common name: Eyebar spiny goby
    Scientific name: Asterropteryx spinosa
  35. striped goby fish
    Common name: Striped goby
    Scientific name: Asterropteryx striata
  36. Common name: roundfin goby
    Scientific name: Bathygobius cyclopterus
  37. Dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus)
    Common name: Brown frillfin
    Scientific name: Bathygobius fuscus
  38. large whip goby
    Common name: Large whip goby
    Scientific name: Bryaninops amplus
  39. Whip Goby with Eggs
    Common name: White-line seawhip goby
    Scientific name: Bryaninops loki
  40. Redeye goby
    Common name: Redeye goby
    Scientific name: Bryaninops natans
  41. top view of goby fish on black background
    Common name: Black coral goby
    Scientific name: Bryaninops tigris
  42. Whip Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) on a White Whip Coral. Anilao, Philippines
    Common name: Whip coral goby
    Scientific name: Bryaninops yongei
  43. Common name: Amikami Goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius amikami
  44. Common name: Doublebar goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius bifasciatus
  45. Common name: Saddled goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius clitellus
  46. Common name: Hasselt's goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius hasseltii
  47. Common name: Ostrich goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius maculipinnis
  48. Common name: Tailspot flaphead goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius okinawae
  49. Stockenten Erpel im Frühjahr in der Spree bei der  Futtersuche
    Common name: Feather goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius plumatus
  50. Red fire goby , fire fish goby or magnificent fire dart fish swims above the coral reef of Bali
    Common name: Pacific goby
    Scientific name: Callogobius sclateri
  51. Common name: barfin goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus alloides
  52. Pallid goby sits on sandy coral reef
    Common name: pallid goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus eidolon
  53. Bridled Goby Coryphopterus glaucofraenum perched next to sand burrow Bonaire
    Common name: sand goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
  54. Transparent body glass goby
    Common name: glass goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus hyalinus
  55. Coryphopterus lipernes, the peppermint goby,
    Common name: peppermint goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus lipernes
  56. Coryphopterus personatus,masked goby
    Common name: masked goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus personatus
  57. Marbled sleepy goby,Sand goby (Oxyeleotris marmoratus Bleeker)Isolated on white background
    Common name: sand goby
    Scientific name: Coryphopterus tortugae
  58. Common name: blue-and-red-spotted goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus
  59. Yellow prawn goby
    Common name: Yellow-prawn goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus cinctus
  60. Common name: Lagoon shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia
  61. Black Shrimp-Goby Cryptocentrus fasciatus
    Common name: Y-bar shrimp goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus fasciatus
  62. Signal gobies, Signigobius biocellatus, Raja Ampat Indonesia
    Common name: Signal goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus insignitus
  63. Common name: Singapore shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus leptocephalus
  64. Common name: White-spotted shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus leucostictus
  65. Bluespotted watchman goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides).
    Common name: Peacock goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus pavoninoides
  66. Target shrimp goby
    Common name: Target shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Cryptocentrus strigilliceps
  67. Gold-streaked prawn-goby and  Djeddah snapping shrimp
    Common name: Gold-streaked prawn-goby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops aurocingulus
  68. Silverspot Shrimpgoby Ctenogobiops crocineus
    Common name: Silverspot shrimpgoby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops crocineus
  69. Pale shrimp-goby Ctenogobiops feroculus
    Common name: Sandy-prawn goby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops feroculus
  70. Shrimp goby (ctenogobiops maculosus)
    Common name: Saffron shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops maculosus
  71. Common name: Spotfin shrimp goby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops pomastictus
  72. Common name: Tangaroa shrimp-goby
    Scientific name: Ctenogobiops tangaroai
  73. Flaming Prawn Goby - Discordipinna griessingeri
    Common name: Spike-fin goby
    Scientific name: Discordipinna griessingeri
  74. Shortstripe Goby (Gobiosoma chancei)  on a vase sponge, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
    Common name: Shortstripe goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus chancei
  75. Sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae) on the reef off the island of Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean.
    Common name: sharknose goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus evelynae
  76. elacatinus  figaro
    Common name: Neon goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus figaro
  77. Underwater cleaning station
    Common name: Cleaner goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus genie
  78. Elacatinus horsti, yellowline goby
    Common name: yellowline goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus horsti
  79. Barsnout Goby (Elacatinus illecebrosus) over a coral head - Cozumel
    Common name: Barsnout goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus illecebrosus
  80. A Blue Neon Goby (Elacatinus oceanops) in Cozumel, Mexico
    Common name: Neon goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus oceanops
  81. Common name: White-striped goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus prochilos
  82. Redhead Goby (Elacatinus puncticulatus)
    Common name: Redhead goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus puncticulatus
  83. Yellownose Goby on a coral head - Bonaire
    Common name: Yellownose goby
    Scientific name: Elacatinus randalli
  84. Bullying in the hallway
    Common name: bully
    Scientific name: Eviota abax
  85. Common name: Afele's pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota afelei
  86. White barred Pygmygoby Eviota albolineata
    Common name: Spotted fringefin goby
    Scientific name: Eviota albolineata
  87. Twostripe Eviota Eviota bifasciata
    Common name: Doublebar goby
    Scientific name: Eviota bifasciata
  88. Common name: Comet pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota cometa
  89. Common name: Divine dwarf goby
    Scientific name: Eviota epiphanes
  90. Green Pygmy-Goby Eviota guttata
    Common name: Spotted pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota guttata
  91. Common name: Redlight Eviota
    Scientific name: Eviota lachdeberei
  92. Common name: brown-banded dwarfgoby
    Scientific name: Eviota latifasciata
  93. Common name: Melasma pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota melasma
  94. Common name: Palespot Eviota
    Scientific name: Eviota nebulosa
  95. Common name: Blackfin Dwarfgoby
    Scientific name: Eviota nigripinna
  96. Underwater close up of Goby fish
    Common name: Blackbelly goby
    Scientific name: Eviota nigriventris
  97. Common name: Leopard dwarfgoby
    Scientific name: Eviota pardalota
  98. Common name: Partimacula Pygmy Goby
    Scientific name: Eviota partimacula
  99. Neon Pygmy Goby (Eviota pellucida)
    Common name: Pellucida pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota pellucida
  100. Common name: Rubble Eviota
    Scientific name: Eviota prasina
  101. Common name: Prasites pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota prasites
  102. Underwater extreme close up view of small goby fish sheltering in brain coral reefs.
    Common name: Green bubble goby
    Scientific name: Eviota punctulata
  103. Sebree's Pygmygoby Eviota sebreei
    Common name: Sebree's pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota sebreei
  104. Common name: Adorned dwarfgoby
    Scientific name: Eviota sigillata
  105. Common name: Speckled pygmy goby
    Scientific name: Eviota sparsa
  106. Shotsilk goby Ptereleotris zebra darts around a coral reef aquarium
    Common name: Zebra goby
    Scientific name: Eviota zebrina
  107. Common name: nakedheaded gudgeon
    Scientific name: Eviota zonura
  108. Common name: Akihito's goby
    Scientific name: Exyrias akihito
  109. Mud-reef Goby Exyrias belissimus
    Common name: Mud reef-goby
    Scientific name: Exyrias belissimus
  110. 背びれが美しいインコハゼ
    Common name: Puntang goby
    Scientific name: Exyrias puntang
  111. Common name: Shortband cardinalfish
    Scientific name: Foa brachygramma
  112. Common name: Hyaline cardinalfish
    Scientific name: Foa hyalina
  113. セホシサンカクハゼ
    Common name: Barenape goby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius duospilus
  114. Common name: Shoulderspot sandgoby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius humeralis
  115. Golden goby
    Common name: Blotched Sand Goby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius inframaculatus
  116. Common name: Orange-spotted sand-goby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius longispinus
  117. Common name: Large sandgoby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius maximus
  118. Common name: Blacktip sandgoby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius melacron
  119. Common name: Common fusegoby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius neophytus
  120. Common name: Pale sandgoby
    Scientific name: Fusigobius pallidus