Species Name: Amblygobius phalaena

Authority: (Valenciennes, 1837)

Common Name: Brownbarred/Banded Goby

Range: Widespread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

Size: 6 inches - 15 cm

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs, bay areas, slopes and shallow drop-offs

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 86°F (22 - 30°C) and natural diet consists mainly of benthic invertebrate and some algae. Requires a varied diet, i.e., enriched brine shrimp, mysis, finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, and some algae/small amounts of Spirulina flake, with one or two feedings per day. They should be housed in aquariums with a sandbed of at least two inches in depth and not housed with aggressive fishes such as groupers, dottybacks, triggerfishes or angelfishes. Small sinking enriched shrimp meal pellets are an excellent way of keeping them well fed. A good sand sifter. One to an aquarium unless a male-female pair. May damage zoanthids. A known consumer of flat worms. Captive bred.

Aquarium Suitability: Fish-only or reef aquariums