Id this fish please!!

[Durango]

Lfs said this is a pac neon goby but I checked all over the Internet and I can't find anything on him please help!

 

[Cichildlife]

Well i agree its a gobi but not so sure its a neon

 

[slitherbomb]

Engineer goby I think.

 

[slitherbomb]

Might also be a neon goby. They look similar, just one stays at 2" and the other grows to a foot.

 

[hiltymj]

Nope it is 100% an engineer goby! Very very cool fish

 

[Durango]

I see some websites say they can be in a 10 gallon and others in a 70 gallon which is the right tank for them? I currently have him in a 20 long is this okay?

 

[slitherbomb]

No its not ok. They grow to be a foot long. A 20l is only a foot wide lol

 

[hiltymj]

Ya they get very big. Need at least a 75

 

[Tony Gill]

As noted already, it's an "engineer goby" - just wanted to point out that it's not a real goby (i.e., member of the family Gobiidae). The species (Pholidichthys leucotaenia), along with one other species in the genus (P. anguis from northwestern Australia) is currently placed in its own family, Pholidichthyidae. Relationships of the family are poorly understood, and it is currently placed in its own suborder. Yours looks to be a juvenile (with longitudinal stripes - living in schools, and likely a mimic of Plotosus lineatus, which has venomous fin spines), as adults (growing to over a foot long, and living in pairs) have a barred coloration.

 

[Durango]

Thanks guys I realized my tank is too small for him so I took him back to the LFS today!!

 

[Durango]

I got myself a black and white chromis!!