Fish ID help

[grevisdad]

Thanks Puffer (and Indelco, I think) thats exactly what it is. Flathead Clingfish: Gobiesox maeandricus. Now I've got to wonder how happy it can be in 80deg water.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Told ya I was good at fish ID!

 

[grevisdad]

better pic of it's "fake mouth".

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?id=780473

and it does eat algae (I've seen it!)

 

[Pufferpunk]

Told ya I was good at fish ID!

Actually, I can't take the credit--Indelco kinda figured it out.

 

[Indelco Plastic]

dont thank me i couldent even think of the proper name for it! iv seen them at the shedd and thought it looked like a clingon....i had NO idea it was actualy a "clingfish"

 

[grevisdad]

http://fishbase.org/images/species/Gomae_u1.jpg

 

[Indelco Plastic]

That is one MASSIVE mouth!!!!!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Pretty good guess though!

 

[Brian1980]

I was reading up on this and the clingfish as a juvenile will eat some algae. Along with small inverts. as an adult its preferred diet is inverts. Yowza! not good for a reef. Now if its an eastern clingfish it doesnt have the same taste for diet. It prefers kelp and other types of algae. hopefully its the later of the two.

 

[Pufferpunk]

At least it only gets to 6".

 

[Brian1980]

the spotting on the fish, is it irredescent blue?

 

[grevisdad]

the spotting on the fish, is it irredescent blue?

yes

 

[grevisdad]

I just looked up the eastern and thats not what I have. Although mine does have some blue markings.

 

[electrodude]

just keep an eye on the cleaning crew it might eat them