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Hey guys, a friend on another forum posted this question and none of us know what to tell him.. anyone ever heard of this fish or know more details about it?



I bought a fish about two weeks ago and added him to my 75G community tank (rainbowfish, loaches, tetras, barbs). It was labeled as a "Blue Spotted African Goby" and had the scientific name of "Bostrychus africanus". The LFS said he was a general community fish and a "true" freshwater goby. I have thus far not been able to find any information as relates to the care of this fish in the aquarium. Do you guys know a source that I can try?

So far, he appears healthy, active, and eating well. he isn't messing with the other fish and they are ignoring him. He look very cool -- very similar to many saltwater gobies in fact. This led me to think he might prefer brackish water instead. If so, I have a 10G bumblebee gobie tank with a 1.008 s.g. at work that he could move to (so long as he won't eat the little guys).

There are a number of fish called a blue spot goby, including a species of cichlid and the knight goby. But the scientific name comes up with references to estuarine and mangroves so I would guess brackish.

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Sp ... p?id=10009

Does he have a picture. Today I bought a marine goby labeled as a Blue Spot Goby.

I will ask him.

Okay, he says his camera isn't working, and he can't find exact photos online, no one is selling them, no hobby info...

But that it looks very similar to this:

Ask him if its this critter:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/photoc ... -Goby-.htm

Bostrychus africanus isn't really a goby. It's an Eleotrid (family Eleotridae), which are sleepers, commonly (but erroneously) referred to as sleeper "gobies".

Here is the fish's distribution map, provided by Fishbase.org:
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/tools/aqu ... eceive.php