Skipper Goby huh????

[b-baby80]

I bought what was sold to me as a Skipper Goby.I think their technically called something else.Does anyone know what that is?

 

[integral9]

Could be a scooter dragonet. A pick or link to a pic would be helpful.

 

[b-baby80]

My camera is broken and i've been looking for a pic but without another name for him i can't find one

 

[b-baby80]

O.K. he looks alot like this but he's more blackish speckled and beige i guess.he blends right in on the sand.Oh and he sifts the sand.

 

[integral9]

Originally Posted by B-Baby80
My camera is broken and i've been looking for a pic but without another name for him i can't find one

I know what you mean. Sometimes I just have to peruse the marine fish stores for a type of fish until I find it.
Does he look like this:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4

 

[b-baby80]

Nope not at all.he kinda long but the front end is thicker.He really looks like the one i linked to but his colors are a bit different.

 

[sk8shorty01]

is this it? Just wondering, figured I would give it a shot...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4

 

[b-baby80]

Nope that one is to brown.Mine is mainly beige/creamish with blackish speckles.His fines and body look just like the pic though

 

[sk8shorty01]

try this one...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D1%26hl%3Den

 

[sk8shorty01]

or this one... Just trying a few that I thought matched the description....
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D1%26hl%3Den

 

[sk8shorty01]

One more....
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D1%26hl%3Den

 

[b-baby80]

I can't see which which pics you meant.It just opened up their home page

 

[sk8shorty01]

oh thats odd.... Well if you scroll through those center pictures, you should be able to find one that looks close.. They have tons of pictures so just quick scroll and see if you see any gobies that look similar...

 

[b-baby80]

So far he looks the most like the decorated sand goby.

 

[dogstar]

The fish thats more commonly called Skipper ( rockskipper ) is a Lawnmower Blenny or as said a dragonet.....sifters are mainly in the genus Valenciennea, Amblygobius. You can google those and see if you find one simular...

 

[b-baby80]

Nope not a lawnmower blenny either.He doesn't have 1 solid fin on his top.he has 2 just like in the pic

 

[sk8shorty01]

The Decorator Sand Goby was one of the pictures I was trying to post earlier that didnt work. Also look at the Ornate Shrimpgoby, as that was one of the others...

 

[sepulatian]

He does look like a Stellate dragonet Synchiropus stellatus Most goby's have distinct colors and markings.

 

[fish freak2012]

Something that looks like that is a brownbarred Goby(Amblygobius phalaena)sry i cant be more help but they look similar