Unidentified Nano Goby, Black and White

buddythelion · Jan 18, 2015

Hey guys,

I'm stumped on this one. My LFS picked up three of these beautiful gobies. They're all around 3/4" in size (VERY small). I've never seem them before, but picked them up for my small pico tank. I've tried googling to no avail, hoping there's a fish expert that cane help!

I think it might be some callogobius species, like the hasselt since the body and mouth remind me of it. Sorry, all of the photos are top down. Hopefully it helps though. The only other photo I found of them when a supplier's photo who called them Nicaragau Zebra Goby and a Singapore thread asking if it was a callogobius species.

Here's some photos:

Hopefully a fish expert can help me with this one!

Cheers,
Darwin

Reefing Madness · Jan 20, 2015

Shep · Jan 20, 2015

LC will know, Legendary Corals

buddythelion · Jan 21, 2015

Shep said:
LC will know, @Legendary Corals

Lol, I am Legendary Corals. LOL.

I'm thinking it's priolepis family?

Shep · Jan 21, 2015

Haha Well now I feel stupid :crossedlips:

jphillips · Apr 9, 2017

Hey guys not to bump a super old thread but I just bought 4 of these from a LFS and had no idea so I sent out a few pictures to some experts and they came back with Gymneleotris seminuda. I just put them in my nano did you have any luck with them or have an idea what you were feeding them?

Azox · Apr 14, 2017

They are a Priolepsis sp. for sure, but don't know what. They like to hang upside down in caves and whatnot, and will dart out when you feed. Try frozen and flakes, that's what mine used to eat.

Nano sapiens · Sep 23, 2017

Hey Darwin,

Older post and not sure if you ever figured this one out, but I believe it is likely Gymneleotris seminuda:

Gymneleotris seminuda, the Splitbanded goby, is a species of goby native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from Baja California to Ecuador. This species can be found on rock or rubble reefs with growths of algae at a depth of from 1 to 23 metres (3.3 to 75.5 ft). This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

http://eol.org/pages/222201/overview

Ralph.