Found a baby goby-fish in seaweed at the beach in Port Aransas. I don't think he belongs in there- must have been swept in by waves. I didn't think he had much of a chance around there, so I brought him back with me.
He's too small and transparent for me to photograph... I can describe him, though. Anyone know if he's more likely to be a goby or a sea robin? Those are the two I'm thinking it might be... I don't think it's a scorpionfish. Are there any other options?
He's half an inch long, and he has a goby's tail, lower body dorsal fin, and whatever that fin is that's along the underside of the tail. His head, fanned side fins, and the organ area of him were black when I got him. They're now a patchy grey, I suspect just to better match his habitat. By side fins, I mean the ones he swims with... They're rather large, like in gobies and sea robins.
Below those, his pectoral fins- I can't tell if they're fused like a goby's and fanned out, or if they're those cute 'legs' on sea robins. He's too transparent.
His eyes are bumped up like a lizard's and look to be blue-ish, his mouth is a frown like both of the two, and I think his head is a bit too rounded for a sea robin... His forehead slopes down from his eyes to his mouth, but it's kind of a rounded slope.
Does that description help anyone? Does anyone perhaps have pictures of goby fry or sea robin fry?
He's too small and transparent for me to photograph... I can describe him, though. Anyone know if he's more likely to be a goby or a sea robin? Those are the two I'm thinking it might be... I don't think it's a scorpionfish. Are there any other options?
He's half an inch long, and he has a goby's tail, lower body dorsal fin, and whatever that fin is that's along the underside of the tail. His head, fanned side fins, and the organ area of him were black when I got him. They're now a patchy grey, I suspect just to better match his habitat. By side fins, I mean the ones he swims with... They're rather large, like in gobies and sea robins.
Below those, his pectoral fins- I can't tell if they're fused like a goby's and fanned out, or if they're those cute 'legs' on sea robins. He's too transparent.
His eyes are bumped up like a lizard's and look to be blue-ish, his mouth is a frown like both of the two, and I think his head is a bit too rounded for a sea robin... His forehead slopes down from his eyes to his mouth, but it's kind of a rounded slope.
Does that description help anyone? Does anyone perhaps have pictures of goby fry or sea robin fry?
