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Amblyeleotris aurora
$85.00
A medium-size aurora goby with pink bars and a sunburst tail that shares a burrow with a pistol shrimp.
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From our species guide
In plain words: The aurora goby is a fish with a best friend. Its friend is a pistol shrimp. The shrimp digs a burrow in the sand, and they both live in it. The shrimp can hardly see, so the goby keeps watch at the door.
The aurora goby, also sold as the pinkbar or sunburst goby, is white with wide pink-orange bars and a yellow tail flecked with red. Paired with a pistol shrimp, it shares the shrimp's burrow and stands guard at the entrance, a partnership you can watch up close. It is peaceful and reef safe but shy, needs at least 2 inches of sand, and jumps when startled, so keep the tank covered. This is a medium-size fish; adults reach about 4 inches.
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