Marble Goby (Oxyleotris marmorata) Seed Production

This video explains step by step about the seed production of Marble goby (Oxyleotris marmorata) or locally known in Malaysian as Ikan Ketutu, Ikan Hantu, Soon Hock. This species is an economically important fish, being sought after by local commercial fisheries and farmed due to its fine texture and tasty white flesh, and is believed to have healing properties. It can reach up to RM350/kg (approximately $USD90/kg).

The marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) is a widely distributed species of fish in the family Butidae native to fresh and brackish waters of the Mekong and Chao Praya basins, as well as rivers and other water bodies in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indochina, the Philippines, and Indonesia. This species is among the largest gobies fish in the world and it can reach up to 65 cm in total length (TL) (average size 30cm in TL)

In Malaysia, commercialization of marble goby is not widely established where demands are still largely dependent on wild populations, thus fetching high prices in the market.