Freshwater goby: Stiphodon sp.

[apistoworld(HK)]

freshwater goby : Stiphodon sp.

[afroturf]

Could any give a correct ID for this Stiphodon I've had a pair for several months, the were sold as Stiphodon sp. 'Sumatran hi-fin goby'

[apistoworld(HK)]

the name is Stiphodon retilaureus

[apistoworld(HK)]

YouTube - stiphodon retilaureus

please see the movie clip

[hwchoy]

the name is Stiphodon retilaureus

this does not seem to be a valid name.

[afroturf]

Perhaps you ment S. rutilaureus this is one species I've thought it was but again it could also be S. atratus, or S. elegans. S.pelewensis the list goes on... here is a pic of mine



Love that vid by the way.

[Toshika]

nice pictures.care to share their water parameters?or how to keep them?i fail to keep them often for more than 5months.thanks.

[afroturf]

nice pictures.care to share their water parameters?or how to keep them?i fail to keep them often for more than 5months.thanks.

I don't know precise parameters, but I expect my ph around 7-7.5 and in term of hardness it would be on the hard side, sorry couldn't be more helpful. Water is quite cool around 23c/73f with a good flow and high oxygen levels.

I feed them a mix theres plenty of algae in the tank supplimented with frozen bloodworm and brineshrimp, hakari algae wafers and occasional livefood and blanched cucumber (they rarely touch this though).

It does bepend what species of Stiphodon you have though, I have another unknown Stiphodon sp. that will only eat green stuff.

P.S. I've read that some species are short lived, living for only 1yr or so so maybe you got one of these species and was a few months old when you aquried them. Don't know if this is true though.