Family

Common name: Goby

Scientific name: Gobiidae

Gobiidae, commonly known as gobies, is the largest family of marine fishes, with over 2000 species. They are small, typically bottom-dwelling fishes found in a variety of environments, from shallow reefs to deep-sea habitats. Many gobies form symbiotic relationships with invertebrates, such as the pistol shrimp, creating a mutualistic partnership for shelter and protection. Gobies are known for their vibrant colors and intricate patterns, making them popular in the reefkeeping hobby. They generally require well-established aquariums with plenty of hiding places and a sandy substrate to mimic their natural habitat.

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