On Caribbean coral reefs, small striped gobies perform a vital service. These finger-length cleaner fish pick parasites and ...

Diamond watchman goby, a type of saltwater aquarium fish. A glimmering silver goby, dashed and dotted with blue and orange, whose number one task is to keep your sand bed sparkling clean.

Scientists have described a new goby fish species that lives deeper than its closest relatives and had gone unnoticed up until now. It has been discovered between 70 and 80 m in the southern ...

A new goby fish species was discovered in the southern ... Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern Caribbean. ZooKeys, 2016; 596: 143 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys ...

In the reef under study, just two species of goby fish take charge of removing the alga — the broad-barred goby (G. histrio) and the redhead goby (P. enchinocephalus).

Coral under attack from toxic seaweed can actually call for help, recruiting fishy bodyguards to fend off an attacker within minutes, a pair of scientists has found. When poison-producing algae ...

Male goby fish comprise two types: large territorial males, which guard nests where females lay their eggs, and smaller 'sneaker' males, which attempt to release sperm in or near the nest. Up to ...

New research reveals that corals send out chemical signals to recruit the help of Goby fish in removing toxic seaweed. Image courtesy of Danielle Dixson Corals are constantly under attack. Sea ...

Mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic, and fabulously exotic, the huge variety of types of saltwater fish to pick for your aquarium will give you a visual taste of the underwater ocean world.