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Common Name: Goby Randalli - Orange Stripe Prawn Goby
Scientific name: Amblyeleotris randalli
Family: Giobiidae
Species Origin: Found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including Japan and the Australian Great Barrier Reef.
Temperature: 23ºC to 27ºC
Life Expectancy: About 6 years
Length: Can reach 12 cm
The Orange Stripe Prawn Goby, also known as Randall's Shrimp Goby, was first discovered in the Western Pacific in 1978 by Hoese and Steene. The body is white with orange stripes, with an orange stripe over the eyes and around the entire head. The male can be identified by the fan-shaped dorsal fin that reveals a dramatic eye patch.
Requires a 45L or larger aquarium in size. It is a peaceful fish, but can occasionally fight with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small. When first added to an aquarium, it may not eat for several days, but will usually acclimate and begin eating. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species.
It is possible for the Orange Stripe Prawn Goby to successfully spawn in an aquarium. They can also form a symbiotic relationship with any pistol shrimp.
The diet should consist of a variety of mysis shrimp, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp and chopped table shrimp. He needs to be fed at least twice a day.