Anyone ever see this Blenny?

[myerst2]

Hello. I cam across this picture and thought it was a good looking blenny. Anyone know anything about them? Thanks Tim

 

[jthao]

buy it!!!

 

[espocrespo]

give it to me.

 

[Amazon4]

Looks cool!

Do you have the scientific name? It looks more like a goby to me.

 

[crsswift70]

I don't see any cirri... maybe it's a goby?

 

[chrisstie]

I vote blenny since it has not a suction cup fin but the 2 little leg things under it.

Has anyone seen a tesselated blenny? they're possibly more awesome

 

[Sk8r]

Never seen the yellow guy before. Beautiful, both of them.

 

[Snowboarda42]

Awesome! Where and how much?

 

[smoothdog]

Using a little creative research using the file name I found it. It is a nebeka blenny.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23726
Since it is found around Japan it would probably be exceptionally hard to find/get in the U.S.

 

[chrisstie]

The other one I posted lives off oil rigs in the gulf of mexico inside barnacle skeletons. Read about it in a local florida book i picked up.

 

[myerst2]

Smoothdog is a google master like me. Yes I found the picture looking for information about Wrought Iron Butterflyfish, which i found zero info on. They are found in Japan, and you will probably find as much information about that blenny as I found on Wrought Iron Butterfly's. Regards, Tim

 

[smoothdog]

Doh! :mad2: I just realized I spelled the name wrong and it's too late to go back and fix it. It's a nabeka blenny.

That Wrought Iron Butterflyfish looks sweet!

 

[1ucky]

Sweet looking Blenny! I wonder if LFS can get them?

 

[majawestphal]

Nice looking blenny.

 

[ssavader]

Scientific name of the yellow blenny is Omobranchus elegans. This may help your LFS search for one.

 

[ssavader]

Scientific name of the yellow blenny is Omobranchus elegans. This may help your LFS search for one.