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Related FAQs: Amblygobius Gobies, Amblygobius Gobies 2, & FAQs on: Amblygobius Identification, Amblygobius Behavior, Amblygobius Compatibility, Amblygobius Selection, Amblygobius Systems, Amblygobius Feeding, Amblygobius Disease, Amblygobius Reproduction, & True Gobies, Gobies 2, Goby Identification, Goby Behavior, Goby Selection, Goby Compatibility, Goby Feeding, Goby Systems, Goby Disease, Goby Reproduction, Clown Gobies, Neon Gobies, Genus Coryphopterus Gobies, Mudskippers, Shrimp Gobies, Sifter Gobies, Related Articles: True or Combtooth Gobies, Gobioids in General, /The Conscientious Reef Aquarist Hover Gobies, Genus Amblygobius | 
| By Bob Fenner | Amblygobius phalaena |
Genus Amblygobius, the Hover Gobies: Thirteen species of sand sifting/diggers, too often lost in captivity from simple starvation and jumping out of tanks. Continuous feeders in the wild on filamentous algae, various crustacean groups, nematode worms... Keep in reef type settings with adequate interstitial fauna... And don't buy skinny specimens! Amblygobius albimaculatus (Ruppell 1830), the Butterfly or Tailspot Reef Goby. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, East Africa to the South Pacific. To seven inches in length. Lives in seagrass beds, sand, broken rubble zones. A pair and an individual off the beach of Na'ama Bay, Sharm, Red Sea.
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| Amblygobius decussatus (Bleeker 1855), the Orange-Striped Goby. Western Pacific; Philippines, Micronesia. To three and a half inches in length. One in an aquarium, the other in Queensland, Australian waters. |  
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| Amblygobius hectori (Smith 1957), Hector's Goby. Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea, to Micronesia. To two and a half inches long. Aquarium photo. | 
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| Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837), the Banded Goby. Indo-Pacific; Philippines to the Society Islands. To six inches in length. Black spot on first dorsal fin. One off of Heron Island, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and a pair in Raja Ampat, Indo. |  
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| Amblygobius rainfordi (Whitley 1940), Rainford's Goby to the aquarium interest, Old Glory to science. Indo-West Pacific; Philippines to Micronesia. To two and a half inches. Aquarium, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef specimens. |  
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| Amblygobius semicinctus (Bennett 1833). Western Indian Ocean. To nearly four inches in length. This one in the Maldives. | 
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| Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes 1837), the Sphinx Goby. To about seven inches in length. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea to Micronesia. Aquarium photo. Similar to A. phalaena but has more cheek scales and lacks the dorsal ocellus. | 
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Don't Allow Your Amblygobius to Jump Out! Or Get Too Thin!!! | The most common cause of loss of Amblygobius (with jumping out a distant second!) is starvation. Shown is a too-thin A. hectori. Get these fishes in a good "index condition" (round, not sunken in) and feed them continuously. Best with large, established reef systems, a refugium, and plenty of small living items to choose from. | 
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