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/The Conscientious Reef Aquarist
Shrimp or Watchman Gobies of the
Genera Mahidolia, Stonogobiops, Tomiyamichthys &
Vanderhorstia
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By Bob Fenner
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Stonogobiops
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Genus Mahidolia:
Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837), the
Smiling Shrimp Goby. Indo-Pacific; To a mere 8 cm. in length. May
be brown, tan or overall yellow in color, males with taller first
dorsals. Found in muddy settings singly or in pairs in association
with a grayish brown alpheid shrimp. N. Sulawesi image. |
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Genus Stonogobiops: Five species; one common in
the pet-fish trade
Stonogobiops dracula Pollunin & Lubbock
1977, the Dracula Prawn Goby. Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles,
Maldives where it lives in pairs symbiotically with Alpheus
randalli. To 7 cm. in length. Aquarium images by Hiroyuki
Tanaka & RMF. |
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Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese & Randall
1982, the Filament-Finned Prawn Goby. Lives symbiotically with
Alpheus randalli in the Indo-West Pacific; Seychelles to the
Philippines. To two inches in length. Aquarium image. |
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Stonogobiops xanthorhinica Hoese &
Randall 1982, Yellow-nose Prawn Goby. To 5.5 cm. in length.
Western Pacific; Indonesia to Southern Japan to Micronesia. Fiji
image. |
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Genus Tomiyamichthys: Three described species
Tomiyamichthys oni (Tomiyama 1936), the
Monster or Fan Shrimp Goby. West Pacific; Malaysia, Philippines,
Southern Japan. To 10 cm. in length. Found in burrows with
Alpheus bellulus. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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Genus Vanderhorstia: Nine described species
Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957),
the Twin-Spotted Shrimp Goby. Indo-West Pacific; eastern Africa to
Samoa out to the Micronesians. To a bit over five inches in
length. This image shot in Pulau Redang, Malaysia. |
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
Shrimp-Gobies, Symbionts with Alpheid
Shrimps
Debelius, Helmut. 1986. Gobies in the marine aquarium,
pt. 4: Partnerships. Today's Aquarium 4/86.
Michael, Scott W. An aquarist's guide to Shrimp
Gobies. AFM 5/95.
Stratton, Richard F. 1998. Watch out for Watchman Gobies.
TFH 6/98.
Zoffer, David J. 1994. The Shrimp Gobies. TFH 10/94.
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