Golden Head Sleeper Goby (Valenciennea strigata)

The Golden Head Sleeper wears its two-tone coloring like a uniform, a bright yellow-gold head fading into a pale blue-white body, while doing the same unglamorous, useful job as its sleeper goby cousins: mouthing sand, filtering out food through its gills, and keeping the substrate turned over and clean in the process.

Care level: Easy · Temperament: Peaceful · Max size: ~5" · Min tank: 30 gal, sand bed required · Diet: Carnivore, sifts sand for meaty foods