ID this RED goby/blenny please!

[Western_reefer]

Can anyone ID this red goby/blenny?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

No idea, but it's awesome!!

 

[29reef]

Bad hair day?

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

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[Jordani]

It looks like a jawfish to me.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Are you using Rosetta Stone by chance...?
Ive been trying to figure out what that fish is for a while now. Im guessing its temperate.

 

[Western_reefer]

Are you using Rosetta Stone by chance...?
Ive been trying to figure out what that fish is for a while now. Im guessing its temperate.

Hahahahah, yeah, didn't think anyone would find out. LOL

 

[29reef]

Color might indicate deep water? Seems a small red fish in the light would be an easy meal. Pure guessing at this point.

So who knows what it is, and where it's found?

 

[29reef]

Color might indicate deep water? Seems a small red fish in the light would be an easy meal. Pure guessing at this point.

So who knows what it is, and where it's found?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Hahahahah, yeah, didn't think anyone would find out. LOL

E um peixe! lol

I'd be very interested to see if it's something we might be able to get a hold of in the hobby, if anyone has any ideas.

 

[Luiz Rocha]

It's a shallow water blenny of the family Chaenopsidae (same as the tube blennies). I will give you a more precise ID tomorrow when I check my books in the office. Any idea where the photo was taken? In general those guys are easy to collect, in the wild they feed on plankton and the few species that show up in the trade generally do well in aquaria.

 

[demonclownfish]

Crested Blenny (Parablennius laticlavius)

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Crested Blenny (Parablennius laticlavius)

Good one, you beat me to it, I thought it was a Chaenopsid, but it isn't, P. laticlavius is the correct ID. The cirri on top of the head is what made me suspect it was a Chaenopsid. Anyhow, P. laticlavius is a cold water blenny from the South Pacific (New Zealand and southern Australia).

 

[Western_reefer]

Good one, you beat me to it, I thought it was a Chaenopsid, but it isn't, P. laticlavius is the correct ID. The cirri on top of the head is what made me suspect it was a Chaenopsid. Anyhow, P. laticlavius is a cold water blenny from the South Pacific (New Zealand and southern Australia).

Ah, that sucks that it lives in cold water lol, would have made a great reef tank fish if it lived in the tropics...

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Ah, that sucks that it lives in cold water lol, would have made a great reef tank fish if it lived in the tropics...

There are a few tropical eastern Pacific Chaenopsids that look a lot like that, check this one out:

It's a male Cirriemblemaria lucasana.

 

[Western_reefer]

There are a few tropical eastern Pacific Chaenopsids that look a lot like that, check this one out:

It's a male Cirriemblemaria lucasana.

Wow! Nice!! I wanna get one. lol

 

[ssavader]

Take a look at Neoclinus bryops (Moss Fringehead). The last pic posted by Western Reefer is a blenny of the same color, but the mouth/lips look different. N bryops, comes in numerous color morphs and has the same face/lips/fringe as the pic to be ID'ed.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...3doEMs&t=1&usg=__AlE8f_5LzJz6ZoQjzx0zSzG2wI4=

http://diving.tank.jp/sports/fish/4actinopterygii/2neopterygii/27suzuki/79kokeginpo/

http://e-photography.co.jp/Gallery/izu/izu_06.htm