Sharptail Goby

[spud13]

ive been looking for a goby for a while and went to my lfs and they had a few in they have got it down as a longfin goby ( oligolepis acutipennis )
which doesnt match up im pretty sure its the oligolepis acutipenniswhich is a sharptail goby
does anyone no anything about this goby as i carnt find out much info about it

 

[Fella]

ive been looking for a goby for a while and went to my lfs and they had a few in they have got it down as a longfin goby ( oligolepis acutipennis )
which doesnt match up im pretty sure its the oligolepis acutipenniswhich is a sharptail goby
does anyone no anything about this goby as i carnt find out much info about it

I had a pair of this until quite recently. They're great fish, full of character. They bred continuously, but I never saw eggs nor fry. I kept them in brackish water at 1.005.

Here is a video of mine breeding.

http/www.tropicalfishkeeper.com/content/view/58/48/

They fed happily on meaty foods and on algae. I'd definitely get these fish again, as a pair. I certainly underestimated my frogfish's ability to eat fish almost the same size as itself, something which I'll probably regret for some time, as you can see these fish were very "playful". They didn't mind eating from my hand either, and if I put a piece of prawn or mussel on my wrist, they would sit in my palm to eat it.

 

[spud13]

my lfs are selling them as freshwater, could they be kept in freshwater or are they better in brakish?
seeing yours makes me want them there full of character

 

[Fella]

my lfs are selling them as freshwater, could they be kept in freshwater or are they better in brakish?
seeing yours makes me want them there full of character

I couldn't find anything on them at all via research really. i just took educated guesses, the majority of goby species will be ok in brackish below 1.005 and I must have been doing something right for them to breed like that.