Saltwater Fish
Yellow Watchman Goby.
A cheerful yellow goby that stands guard at its burrow, often teaming up with a pistol shrimp in a classic partnership. Peaceful, reef-safe, and beginner-friendly; give it a sand bed and rockwork in a 10-gallon-plus reef.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 4"
- Min tank size
- 10 gallons
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Scientific name
- Cryptocentrus cinctus
Good tank mates
A peaceful, reef-safe bottom dweller that mixes well with calm community fish like firefish, clownfish, cardinalfish, and small wrasses, and it famously forms a partnership with pistol shrimp that share its burrow. It will not bother corals or other tankmates. Avoid keeping two watchman gobies together unless they are a pair, and skip large predators that might eat it.
Good to know
This goby teams up with a near-blind pistol shrimp that digs and maintains their shared burrow while the goby acts as a lookout, tapping the shrimp with its tail to warn of danger.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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