Yasha Goby (Stonogobiops yasha)

Description:
The Yasha goby is elongated in shape with a white body and red stripes running down the length of the body some fully others broken up, it differs from fish to fish. It has a very distinct tall white dorsal fin, with the other fins being large and yellow in color.

Also called:

Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby, Yasha Haze Goby, or Clown Shrimp Goby 

Natural Ecology:
A bottom dwelling goby that prefers a sand or loose coral bed. They form symbiotic relationships with most species of pistol shrimp, by protecting the shrimp while it builds a burrow for the two to share.

Indigenous To:
Native to the Western Pacific Ocean from French Polynesia to the Red Sea

Behavior:
Peaceful, most seen sitting at the entrance of its burrow, often venturing away from the entrance at feeding time. Prefers a sandy bottom. When keeping several individuals in the same aquarium, the group usually breaks into isolated pairs, with each pair sharing the same burrow.

Compatibility:
Easy Care level and gobies will also burrow and aid in shifting the sand in an aquarium.

Food:
Proaquatix specimens have been weaned to take aquarium pellets and flakes. Freshly frozen invertebrates such as ocean plankton, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and chopped squid.