Citron Clown Goby... poisonous??

[kreach]

We received 4 citron clown gobies from SWF.com that are currently completing their acclimation process in a bucket in front of my aquarium.
Just for curiosity's sake, I looked them up in a fish database I have bookmarked and it says that they produce a toxic mucus and that another name for them is the Poison Goby.
Anyone care to elaborate on this?

 

[snakes'n'fish]

This is a quote I found on wetmedia.
"Due to their noxious body slime no other fish bothers them"
It is a defense. Kind of like reb bellied toads. The "poison" just creates a real nasty taste. Nothing to fear, unless your planning ...
HTH
-Brian

 

[kreach]

Originally posted by Snakes'n'fish
This is a quote I found on wetmedia.
"Due to their noxious body slime no other fish bothers them"
It is a defense. Kind of like reb bellied toads. The "poison" just creates a real nasty taste. Nothing to fear, unless your planning ...
HTH
-Brian
LOL. No, there's no "french fried goby" or "goby gumbo" on the menu.
But thanks for the info! I figured it might be something along those lines, but it's always nice to be sure.

 

[lovethesea]

I believe this is a similar "slime" that the mandrin has. I watched our clown nip at our green mandrin once because he got to close to the anemone. Bozo (clown fish) had a very shocked reaction.
He has not gone around mandrin again. I also heard someone say they saw a lionfish literally spit one out of their mouth due to the slime.

 

[kreach]

Originally posted by Melody
Kreach ~ I've been wanting a couple of these cuties for a while but all I see on the order page is Clown Gobies--comes in burnt yellow, bright yellow, black and blue-green. When you ordered did you ask for a specific color?
I'm really partial to the bright yellow. Question-- is this basically a grab bag? Get whatever is sent to you???
I think it's basically just a grab bag. I just ordered 4 clown gobies and then once they got here, I was able to identify them as citron clown gobies.