Paragobiodon echinocephalus

(Ruppell, 1830)

Redhead Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Tuamotu Islands, north to Southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.

Size: 2 inches (4 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coral reefs and lagoons and lives in small groups in the branches of Stylophora stony coral. Usually found at depths between 10 to 150 feet (3 – 45 m) where it feeds on zooplankton and coral mucus.

General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Paragobiodon

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