Hector's or Hector's Hover Goby

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Hector's or Hector's Hover Goby

Scientific Name Amblygobius hectori

Max. Size: 3-4 inches

Tank Size: 20 gallons min

Aggression: Peaceful, except towards others of its own genus

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Physical Description

Very slender body, black with yellow horizontal stripes that start at its nose and fan out towards the end of the body. They have three black spots starting from dorsal fin and continue to its caudal, the largest being under its rear dorsal fin. Tip of the dorsal fin is pointed and is usually red.

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Behavior

A sand sifting goby that will graze on microalgaes and will eat copepods/amphipods etc. that it comes across. This means its a competitor for food for dragonets, thought not the fastest consumer of pods it should still be kept in mine when stocking in tanks.

Feeding

Enriched brine or mysis (when it gets larger) but will graze all day, so a mature system is recommended

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