What is this??

[beth]

I think it is a red spotted sand perch. The LPS said it is an orange spotted shrimp goby.

 

[bang guy]

I think the mouth is too small for a Shrimp Goby.

 

[cincyreefer]

Doesn't look like a shrimp goby to me either. Does it have one or two dorsal fins? If it has one then it is not a shrimp goby.

 

[smokinstarfish]

That's no goby, I'm sure of it. You're probably right Beth.

 

[beth]

Here is another view. 2 dorsals, but the first one nearest the head looks like its a pretty solid color burnt red.
Also, no poka dots on the body, but there are dots on the fins like the goby.
I guess once I get him in the main tank, I'll know for sure if he begins to burrow holes.

 

[beth]

Originally posted by Melody
He is a cute little bugger!!
Cute! He's down right homely! LOL However, he was so alert, made immediate eye contact with me. I just couldn't leave him in that small little cubicle at the LPS! LOL

 

[jumpfrog]

Beth, it looks exactly like the redspotted sand perch in Scott Michael's "Marine Fishes" book. Page 324

 

[beth]

Originally posted by jumpfrog
Beth, it looks exactly like the redspotted sand perch in Scott Michael's "Marine Fishes" book. Page 324
Yep, that's what I thought too.

 

[snakes'n'fish]

Sand perch can be nasty !! We have one at work, he's an aggressive little [BLANK].

 

[cincyreefer]

Yeah I think it is a sand perch also. I have never seen a goby and especially the orange spotted shrimp gobies have a first dorsal fin that is a solid color.

 

[beth]

Originally posted by Snakes'n'fish
Sand perch can be nasty !! [BLANK].
Yep, that is what I'm afraid of!

 

[ryebread]

I was confused by your "LPS" comment several times there.
Large Polyp Stony.......nah..........Latin Painting Store.......no way.........um........Local Phish Store........what........uhh...........
OH!! Local PET Store! I win. Give me a cookie.

 

[ryebread]

BTW- If the fish isn't a Sand Perch........he kinda looks like a Basslet. Maybe a Tobacco Basslet, or Chalk, or Lantern?

 

[beth]

OH!! Local PET Store! I win. Give me a cookie.
Unfortunately, I do not have LFS. There are no LFS in my area.
Check out the Acronyms thread!