FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Olive flathead-gudgeon
Butis amboinensis
Butidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 14 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 73 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and 5 more countries.
More about the species
Description
This species is reported to occur in many coastal streams in brackish to freshwaters and estuaries over substrates of mud, sandy mud or leaf litter and is often observed clinging upside down under dead wood, eyes facing downwards. An ambush hunter, feeding mainly on small fish and crustaceans (shrimps (Atyidae), prawns (Palaemonidae))..Usually found in brackish mangrove areas and in creeks and rivers, sometimes well upstream, 48637).
Other names
Other scientific names
- Butis ambionensis
- Butis leucurus
- Eleotris amboinensis
- Eleotris buccata
- Eleotris squamifrons
- Ophiocara ambinensis
In other languages
- Oliivikuonotorkkuja
- Ambon gudgeon
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to set up an aquarium from Australia and New Guinea4 min read
The home of rainbowfish: water, substrate, plants and light for rainbowfish, blue-eyes and peacock gudgeons, with a long aquarium and open water in the middle.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.