> >Could they be Redigobius bikolanus which will do well in anything from
> marine to fresh and some populations are even land-locked in pure fresh and
> breed well there.? I am not aware of them occurring so far south. .
>
> According to Andy Wattam our local South Coast Bug-Eyed Gobies were
> positively identified as R. bikolanus by a boffin in Melbourne (I cannot
> remember who - ask him!) - and yes, they aren't supposed to occur this far
> south.
There are a number of Redigobius species and others that look similar
thus unless this person really knew their stuff I would question the id.
Irrespective of their id they would be just as good in aquariums I'll bet.
The best person for iding gobies is Doug Hoese at the Australian Museum
but he tends to be pretty busy and therefore turn around time may be slow.
Peter