Neon goby

Care at a glance

The neon goby from the Caribbean is black with a glowing neon blue stripe along the flank. Its profession is remarkable: it is a cleaner fish that removes parasites from larger reef fish, and those fish come to it of their own accord.

It stays small, is peaceful and therefore fits even a modest reef tank. Give it a small hole as a home base, feed small frozen foods and expect a short life of at most a few years; it does breed readily in captivity.

Best not combined with

• Zebra lionfishDendrochirus zebra
• Ribbon eelRhinomuraena quaesita
• Volitans lionfishPterois volitans
• Marine betta (comet)Calloplesiops altivelis
• Painted frogfishAntennarius pictus
• Fuzzy dwarf lionfishDendrochirus brachypterus
• Green brittle starOphiarachna incrassata
• Peacock mantis shrimpOdontodactylus scyllarus

Related species

• Diamond watchman gobyValenciennea puellaris
• Tailspot blennyEcsenius stigmatura
• Bicolor blennyEcsenius bicolor
• Yellow watchman gobyCryptocentrus cinctus
• Yellow clown gobyGobiodon okinawae
• Midas blennyEcsenius midas