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Pink Spotted Watchman Gobies

Pink Spotted Watchman Goby

We are adding another new goby species to our list this week.  This fish has several common names in the hobby including: Pink and Blue Spotted Goby, Singapore Shrimp Goby, Leptocephalus Prawn Goby….ORA chose to stick with the Pink Spotted Watchman Goby as its official title.  This interesting little fish prefers loose coral rubble and sandy […]

New from ORA – Jaguar Gobies

The Jaguar goby is a relative newcomer to the hobby.  We first saw these fish a little more than three years ago when we received a small group of them.  We didn’t know much about them at the time but the invoice listed them as Astrabe sp. from Japan.   The Jaguars thrived in our systems […]

Hybrid Cleaner Gobies Are Back

Hybrid Goby

Many years ago, ORA’s marine biologists wondered what would happen if they crossed two of ORA’s most popular Goby species: the Yellowline goby (Elacatinus figaro) and Neon goby (E. oceanops).  You can see from the photo that the results were spectacular.  These hybrids have a stripe coloration that starts off as a yellow hue near the head and transitions like […]