Acropora fish

[DCBB]

I have a 4" to 5" across beautiful green Acropora , and there is small green fish that lives in the coral , i try to coax him out , he will only take a quick bite and shoot back in ,,, can anyone tell me what kind of fish this is

 

[gregr]

If it looks like the one in the picture it's a clown goby:

 

[DCBB]

Great pic!
i have not seen him that close up , he is so fast but i think his head does look like that
thank a lot!

 

[dryworm]

green clown goby http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+159&pcatid=159

 

[Gyyro]

yep I have a yellow clown goby that lives in my sps, he just wiggles about the branches it's so cool....

 

[bongarone]

I have a 4" to 5" across beautiful green Acropora , and there is small green fish that lives in the coral , i try to coax him out , he will only take a quick bite and shoot back in ,,, can anyone tell me what kind of fish this is

He hitchiked with the acro?

That's kind of awesome.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Really cool pic gregr. . .

 

[Arringar]

Definitely a clown goby. Great shot of him doing his thing.

 

[Antnee]

Clown gobies are known to nip at sps corals. If you have multiple colonies I doubt a single tiny goby would pose much of a problem though.

 

[MetroKat]

It could be a coral croucher/gum drop who also has a fat head but a slim body is known to be hosted by acroporas. Gumdrops are very shy, my experience with clown gobies is the opposite, they are not that shy at all.