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Name
Scientific name
Rhinogobius duospilus
Described by
Authority Herre, Year 1935, Bracketed
Family
Gobiidae
Common names
White-cheeked Goby
Photograph credits
Not recorded
Summary
The white-cheeked goby, Rhinogobius duospilus, is a small goby from Hong Kong and southern China, living in clear hill streams. It was ofte…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
50mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 60 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm, Water movement High: fast-flowing river or riffle
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 15–25°C, pH 6–7.5
Hardness
Not recorded
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Territorial
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
China, Hong Kong
Writing
Etymology
Rhinogobius: from the Greek rhinos, meaning 'nose', and the generic name Gobius. duospilus: from the Latin duo, meaning 'two', and the Greek spilos, meaning 's…
Distribution
Described from Hong Kong and known from much of southern China, including Shenzhen in Guangdong province immediately north of the type locality. Type locality …
Habitat
A bottom-dwelling fish of small, clear hill streams, where it clings to rocks with the sucker-like disc formed by its pelvic fins. In Hong Kong these streams a…
Aquarium size
An aquarium with base dimensions of 60 ∗ 30 cm is large enough to house a small group.
Maintenance
Not difficult to maintain under the correct conditions; we strongly recommend keeping it in a tank designed to simulate a flowing stream with a substrate of va…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
In nature it feeds on small invertebrates. In the aquarium they should be offered small live or frozen foods such as chironomid (bloodworm) or mosquito larvae,…
Behaviour and compatibility
Best kept in a species tank, or with small, peaceful fishes that stay in the upper part of the water column, such as Tanichthys or Microdevario spp. Freshwater…
Sexual dimorphism
Mature males are more colourful than females, particularly when in breeding condition (Wu et al., 2025). As in congeners, males also tend to grow larger and de…
Reproduction
Unlike amphidromous congeners, whose larvae drift down to the sea, R. duospilus spends its whole life in fresh water, and the young develop directly into juven…
Notes
This species is traded as the 'white-cheeked goby', and in the past was often sold as 'Rhinogobius wui'. R. wui (Liu, 1940), described from Guangxi province, w…
References
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