Lotilia graciliosa

Klausewitz, 1960

Whitecap Shrimp Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, east to Southern Japan, and south to Palau, Guam and Marshall Islands.

Size: 2 inches (5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits lagoon sandy bottom areas is found in the burrow of Alpheus rubromaculatus shrimp and usually seen at depths between 3 – 65 feet (1 – 20 m) where it feeds on benthic crustaceans.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Lotilia

FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it become available in the trade, aquarium husbandry will be similar to Fusigobius pallidus.