Common Name: Firefish / Fire Goby
Species Name: Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938
Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Hawaii, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef
Size: Up to 3.5 inches (9 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit areas above rocky substrate with caves at depths between 30 to 200 feet (10 - 60 m)
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 82°F (22 - 27°C). Natural diet consists mainly of zooplankton. Requires a meaty diet, i.e., enriched brine shrimp, mysis, finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, with one or two feedings per day. Naturally faces into the current so as capture zooplankton, and highly disease resistant. A mid-level water column fish and a good jumper, therefore openings over the tank should be covered with something like eggcrate.
Aquarium Suitability: *
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.