MBI Species Classification Request

General

Name:

Gordon Greenley ( bongo shrimp )

Status:

Completed

Date:

03/15/2014

Classification Type:

New

Challenge

Species:

Paragobiodon lacunicolus

Suggested Class:

Common Name(s):

Panda Goby

Species Synonyms:

Black-Fin Coral Goby

Fish/Invert/Culture:

Spawn Mode:

Demersal

Fish Base Link:

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Paragobiodon-lacunicolus.html

Breeding Success:

False

Success References:

Journal:

If Challenging Existing Classification
Reasons Species Should be Reclassified:

If Requesting New Classification
Research or Links to information on Species:	I could find little information about the reproduction of this specific genus and species further than the fact that they clear an area on a pocillopora or possibly other SPS and create a nest, just like clown gobies. Liveaquaria gives the same description of clown goby reproduction on their panda goby retail page ( http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+2230&pcatid=2230) although it says "clown gobies" on this page which is indeed a different genus. I found a photo of a clown goby next to its nest with a bunch of teeny tiny eggs: http://www.kazkian.com/z/manboon/photo/pandadarumahaze%2020080923a.jpg

If Requesting New Classification

Research or Links to information on Species:

I could find little information about the reproduction of this specific genus and species further than the fact that they clear an area on a pocillopora or possibly other SPS and create a nest, just like clown gobies. Liveaquaria gives the same description of clown goby reproduction on their panda goby retail page ( http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+2230&pcatid=2230) although it says "clown gobies" on this page which is indeed a different genus.

I found a photo of a clown goby next to its nest with a bunch of teeny tiny eggs:
http://www.kazkian.com/z/manboon/photo/pandadarumahaze%2020080923a.jpg

Other Details
Other Information:	I have suggested class C because of the fact that Panda Gobies nest in the same way that Clown Gobies do. However, I am inclined to think that because of their extremely diminutive size, that their larvae may be harder to rear with many of the more commonly available first foods. I could be wrong, but as seen in the picture I linked above, the eggs are very tiny.

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