GOBIES

About Gobies

Class: Actinopterygii (Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin.)

Order: Perciformes (Greek, perke = perch + Latin, forma = shape)

Family: Gobiidae (Latin, gobius = goby)
Genera: (With more than 200 genera of gobies, we will only list here the genera of species we are describing.) Amblyeleotris, Amblygobius, Coryphopterus, Cryptocentrus, Ctenogobiops, Diademichthys, Discordipinna, Elacatinus, Gobiodon, Gobiosoma, Lythrypnus, Paragobiodon, Parioglossus, Priolepis, Signigobius, Stonogobiops, Trimma, Valenciennea

With over 2,000 species described to date, it’s hard to generalize about gobies except to say that the right goby in the right tank can easily become the darling of even the most experienced marine hobbyist. Gobies are personable and interesting, especially those species living in symbiotic relationships with invertebrates.