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Good question for me since I'm a goby nut. Bad question for me since I do not keep records, so whatever you read here is anecdotal.
I had read somewhere that a species of Eviota goby is the shortest lived vertebrate, living only several months. This was awfull news since I had several for a few months at that time.
Happy to report that at a year and a half, they are still fine.
I do not know all the species, but here is what lives in my tank.
1 Greenband Elacatinus multifasciatum, 2years
1 Redhead, Elacatinus puncticulatus 2 years
5 Trimma, at least 2 species, 1 1/2 years
1 red striped Trimma cana over a year.
4 Eviota, 2 species, 1 1/2 years
2 Priolepis nocturnus, (pair) 1 year
2 yellow clown Gobiodon okinawae, (Breeding pair )over a year.
2 Black clown Gobiodon strangulatus (breeding pair) 8 or 9 months
3 masked goby, Coryphopterus personatus, over a year.
2 hi fin redband, Stonogobiops nematodes, (pair with a shrimp) 1 year
1 Yashia Stonogobiops yashia, 1 1/2 years
2 unidentified clown ( 5/8 inch green with high spiked dorsal fins) over a year.
Mandarin 1 1/2 years.
Yes. I have that many gobies and more. You can get a lot of fish in a tank if they are small. About 40 fish, over 30 gobies in my 180 and people look at the tank saying "You don't have many fish in here".
IDIOTS!
Which reminds me, I've spoken to someone who claims to have mandarins for over 15 years. Liar liar pants on fire??????
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