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OVERVIEW:<br />
Pygmy<br />
<strong>Gobies</strong><br />
in the sea<br />
and the aquarium<br />
How can one provide an overview of a “fish<br />
family” that isn’t one at all? I will summon<br />
up the courage to try. As already mentioned<br />
in the preceding articles, the fishes termed<br />
“pygmy gobies” by aquarists aren’t actually<br />
a discrete systematic unit, but rather a random<br />
assemblage of small, attractive species,<br />
usually less than 2 inches (5 cm) long and<br />
generally suitable for aquarium maintenance.<br />
The problem is, in fact, two-fold. On the<br />
one hand there are so many small gobies<br />
measuring less than 2 inches (5 cm) that<br />
it would take many pages of CORAL to list<br />
them all. In addition, we are really looking<br />
at several fish families: some familiar species,<br />
for example the Blue Eye Dart Goby,<br />
Tryssogobius colini, have not been regarded<br />
as “real” gobies (family Gobiidae) for some<br />
years, and are now assigned to the dartfishes<br />
(Ptereleotridae), which constitute a separate<br />
family.<br />
The list that follows is simply an overview<br />
of the genera mentioned in the preceding<br />
articles, with color-coding to show their status<br />
in the aquarium hobby.<br />
—Inken Krause<br />
KEY<br />
ORANGE =<br />
regularly imported for<br />
the aquarium hobby<br />
Genus Aioliops<br />
A. megastigma<br />
plus 3 species for which<br />
no details of aquarium<br />
maintenance are available.<br />
Genus Bryaninops<br />
B. ampulus<br />
B. natans<br />
B. yongei<br />
plus 7 species for which<br />
no details of aquarium<br />
maintenance are available.<br />
Genus Coryphopterus<br />
C. lipernest<br />
C. personatus<br />
plus 13 species for which<br />
no details of aquarium<br />
maintenance are available.<br />
Genus Discordipinna<br />
D. griessingeri<br />
Genus Elacatinus<br />
E. chancei<br />
E. dilepis<br />
E. evelynae<br />
E. figaro<br />
E. genie<br />
E. horsti<br />
E. lori<br />
E. macrodon<br />
E. multifasciatus<br />
E. oceanops<br />
E. prochilos<br />
E. puncticulatus<br />
E. randalli<br />
E. xanthiprora<br />
plus 21 species for which<br />
no details of aquarium<br />
maintenance are available.<br />
Genus Eviota<br />
E. albolineata<br />
E. bifasciata<br />
E. nigriventris<br />
E. pellucida<br />
E. zebrina<br />
plus 57 species for which<br />
no details of aquarium<br />
maintenance are available.<br />
GREEN =<br />
very rarely seen in the<br />
trade<br />
70<br />
CORAL
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