Gobiodon histrio

Blaupunkt coral goby ( Gobiodon histrio ) in a Briareum soft coral ( aquarium admission ).

The Blaupunkt coral goby ( Gobiodon histrio ) is up to 3.5 cm large saltwater fish. She lives widespread in the coral reefs of the Pacific and South -Japan Melanesia, to meet the Great Barrier Reef to Samoa in a depth of 2 to 15 meters.

Features

The stumpfschnäuzigen, sides slightly flattened fish have a characteristic blue / green - red pattern. Males and females do not differ externally. In their skin they produce a poisonous mucus to discourage predators.

Way of life

The Blaupunkt coral goby lives closely tied to stony corals of the genus Acropora, uses their ramifications for the protection and spends the day mostly motionless on an elevated position a Acroporenstocks. It feeds on zooplankton. Also, the spawn is deposited between the coral branches.

You will be caught for the aquarium trade and has not been traced. It requires water temperatures of 23 to 28 ° C.