ID GOBY PLS...Reefsafe??

[Mabisyo]

Anyone?? i've been looking and i haven't found a match because of the 3spots on the Top fin...would really appreciate it...he's been in QT for a month now and I need to know if he's reefsafe and wouldn't eat up my Clean up crew and ornamental Inverts...TIA!

 

[espocrespo]

It's a type of watchman goby, maybe blue spot im not sure but it is reef safe

 

[downhillbiker]

some kind of sand sifter and looks like it is doing the typical wasting away. is it eating food? is the food just passing through the gills, or is it going down the hatch? you may want to look at this problem soon, and see if you can fix it fast.

 

[just dave]

It appears to be a Cryptocentrus sp. shrimpgoby (watchman goby.)

 

[Reefing102]

I have to agree, looks like a healthy watchman goby

 

[acrodave]

cryptocentrus pavoninoides (blackfinned shrimp goby)
1. reefsafe ..yes
2 sand sifter ...no
3 healty..yes
If you can find a tiger pistol shrimp he will pair with it.

 

[Amoore311]

That's a watchman for sure. Some people say they sift sand, never has mine ever done this. He will pick pellets off the sand though.

Here's your picture to compare:

As you can see the only difference is the colors. Completely reef safe don't worry about adding him in.

 

[Mabisyo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12359202#post12359202 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acrodave
cryptocentrus pavoninoides (blackfinned shrimp goby)
1. reefsafe ..yes
2 sand sifter ...no
3 healty..yes
If you can find a tiger pistol shrimp he will pair with it.

Thanks a lot to those who put in there .02cents...really appreciate it guys! ...This guy eats like a machine, and yes he does occasionally sand sift. He loves Spectrum, but would die for Dried shrimp (soaked in selcon and garlic). He's been in the QT for a month now as i said and eats anything. Any size pistol will do?? he's about 4inches, i hope he wont be taking a taste at my Ornamentals. IMO he's very healthy as the majority has said :rollface:

BTW the last pic is that the same species(mine an adult?) or same genus??

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL...

 

[acrodave]

Yeah they dont sift sand like sleeper gobys they only eat out of the sand. the watchmen will take bits of food out of the sand.And the other one in the pic is a cryptocentrus cinctus(yellow watchman goby) same famaly different kind

 

[pherbert]

D*mn evil Websense at work! I can't wait to get home to check out the pics and see if he looks like mine.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Beautiful specimen! A watchman of the genus Cryptocentrus for sure (should be completely reef-safe), not sure on the species but I would love to know!

 

[acrodave]

pavoninoides is the species . in the Scott Michale hand book

 

[Mabisyo]

Thanks guys...yeah i guess he does just pick off the sand sort of say...Because I've had orange spot gobies that actually sand sift.

 

[Mabisyo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12359221#post12359221 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amoore311
That's a watchman for sure. Some people say they sift sand, never has mine ever done this. He will pick pellets off the sand though.

Here's your picture to compare:

As you can see the only difference is the colors. Completely reef safe don't worry about adding him in.

I wonder if I could still put in a pair of Yellow watchman's with him after?? Do watchman's fight?

 

[PogoMonogo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12362672#post12362672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mabisyo
I wonder if I could still put in a pair of Yellow watchman's with him after?? Do watchman's fight?

in my experience, yes, they do fight.

 

[just dave]

I'm not sure it is cryptocentrus pavoninoides , though it is a cryptocentrus sp. it would seem.

Michael's book shows it to have only one spot on the dorsal and "Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific" by Allen, Steene, Humann, and Deloach lists the single spot as one of the identifiers of that species. I do see online that when searched for it shows specimens with multiple dorsal spots.

 

[Gdevine]

Is it me or what? Goby's have to be the cutest fish in the tank; maybe second ONLY to a Lawnmower Blenny.

Am I crazy or what?

 

[Mabisyo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12363025#post12363025 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by just dave
I'm not sure it is cryptocentrus pavoninoides , though it is a cryptocentrus sp. it would seem.

Michael's book shows it to have only one spot on the dorsal and "Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific" by Allen, Steene, Humann, and Deloach lists the single spot as one of the identifiers of that species. I do see online that when searched for it shows specimens with multiple dorsal spots.

I think you are right about it being a pavoninoides, i have seen them with 1-4 spots Hehe i wonder if that's a sort of a fingerprint? or just a juvenile to adult phase??