Species profile
Firefish goby
Nemateleotris magnifica
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common marine hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | saltwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy |
| Minimum tank | 20 US gal / 76 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 8 cm |
| Temperature | 24-27 C |
| pH | 8-8.4 |
| Hardness | Not applicable or not reviewed-Not applicable or not reviewed dGH |
| Salinity | 33-35 ppt |
| Temperament | peaceful timid |
| Aggression notes | Peaceful dartfish that needs a tight lid and calm tank mates; may be bullied by assertive fish. |
| Diet | carnivore-leaning omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle/bottom |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | low |
| Reef safe | Yes |
| Plant safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Invert safe | Yes |
| Compatibility tags | saltwater, reef-safe, peaceful-community, timid, jumper, small-passive-fish |
| Avoid with tags | very-aggressive-fish, boisterous, territorial-cave |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Firefish goby.
- Can Firefish goby and Banggai cardinalfish live together? compatible
- Can Firefish goby and Blue tang live together? caution
- Can Firefish goby and Green chromis live together? not recommended
- Can Firefish goby and Mandarin dragonet live together? compatible
- Can Firefish goby and Ocellaris clownfish live together? compatible
- Can Firefish goby and Royal gramma live together? not recommended
- Can Firefish goby and Yellow tang live together? caution
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.
- WoRMS taxon search - Marine taxonomy verification lead only.