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Fish Glossary
| Tiger watchman goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These gobies are also known as the “Ward’s sleeper”. They are the best when kept with a lot of crushed corals or sand in an aquarium. They are territorial but not harmful for other fishes. These are bottom feeders. They can be kept in tanks with the size of 55 gallons. They will like to eat brine shrimps and frozen food. |
| Diamond watchman goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These are often the most popular choice for the aquariums at home. They like to collect the food from the bottom of the aquarium and the sand base. They have a tendency to dig burrows under in the rocks of the aquariums and this is where they sleep and hide when required. The needed aquarium size should be 20 gallons. |
| Blue mandarin (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes have so many colors in their body as a unique combination that there are no chances of mistaking it as another fish. Their body is absolutely devoid of scales. The basic colors on their body are green and blue with orange curvy lines on it. In fact the patterns on their body might contain few other colors apart from these three prominent ones. |
| Yellow clown goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are just perfect to keep in small aquariums. They can be kept well with the branched corals. Their body is covered with a slime layer which protects them from becoming the fodder of other predatory fishes. They are not aggressive with the other fishes. The minimum size of a tank should be 10 gallons for them. |
| Yashia Whiteray Shrimp Goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are quite beautiful and their body contains a long white spine located dorsally. Their body contains stripes of rust color. They can grow up to 2 inches in captivity. They are found in the water which is about 98 feet deep. The required aquarium size should be 20 gallons. They like shrimps, crustaceans etc in diet. |
| Pink and blue spotted watchman goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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The pink and green spotted watchman goby is also known as the “Singapore shrimp”. This fish is quite beautiful to look at. The background is white and it has splendid pink spots on it. These spots are again outlined with blue. The dorsal fin area contains dark pink stripes which add up to its magnificent look. |
| Green clown goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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This particular species of goby has a semi-elongated body which is almost similar to the looks of a clown fish. But their head is round in shape. But the body is tapered towards the tail region. The tail is shaped like a fan. Its dorsal fin is divided into two parts. The background of the body is translucent green in color. |
| Target mandarin (Saltwater Fish) | |
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This fish has a dramatic look. They will like an aquarium with rock and sand. They like to have small invertebrate animals in their diet. They can be easily kept in a community aquarium with some docile fishes. They need moderate care to survive and the minimum aquarium size should be 55 gallons. These are perfect community fish. |
| Scissortail goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These fishes are also known by the name of “scissortail dart fish”. The head of this goby is white and the rest of the body is blue. The anal and the dorsal fins are large in size. They like to live in the reef tanks. They are not aggressive at all. These fishes are quite hardy and do not need much care to survive. |
| Neon goby (Saltwater Fish) | |
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These gobies have a bright glowing blue stripe at the centre of their body. They often prove to be quite helpful to the other fishes in the tank as they clean it and keep away diseases. A 10 gallon aquarium is ready to keep them happily. They readily eat frozen foods. They can make good habitants of the reef tanks. |