Mystery Blenny - Can you ID

[o2manyfish]

Hey Guys,

So the other day a friend was over and we were looking at the tank and this little mystery fish showed up.

I never bought him and I don't recognize the type of Blenny. He's about 1.25" long has a stubby body shape and is fast as can be.

He was hanging out under the base of an acro and then he disappeared into the rock mounted on the back wall of the tank.

Later than night I spotted where he hangs out on the back wall, but the back of the tank is 33" away and he's in a crevice between the rocks so I couldn't shoot him.

Today he finally came out to the front of the tank and I tried to get some photos of him but he is so small and only sits in the shadows.

While I know the simple answer is that he came in on one of my corals at some point, the over eager hobbyist in me thinks that his head which has red spots on it looks like my Austrailian Orange Spotted Blenny, and the body has stripes like my Klauzinger blenny....

So here is the mystery fish... anyone recognize it?

Thanks,

Dave B

 

[seahorsedreams]

That looks like a Barnacle Blenny

 

[o2manyfish]

I have Barnacle blennies in the tank. They don't get as large or thick as this one is. The Barnacles have green coloring, there is no green on this one. And the Barnacle Blennies have round heads, where this one's head is rectangular.

But it's a thought.

Thanks

 

[seahorsedreams]

There are a lot of different species of barnacle blenny. It's just a general term for them all. They all are not all the same shape and color. They can hide in holes in the rock and I've had the hitchhike between my tanks twice.

 

[Johanv]

Moller molly blenny

 

[brvheart]

Clearly it's an Australian Klauzinger Blenny.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Clearly it's an Australian Klauzinger Blenny.

I disagree. The two look nothing alike. The Mystery Blenny also has red eyes.

 

[brvheart]

I disagree. The two look nothing alike. The Mystery Blenny also has red eyes.

I think you might be missing the joke..

 

[seahorsedreams]

Yup. And I still am......

 

[brvheart]

While I know the simple answer is that he came in on one of my corals at some point, the over eager hobbyist in me thinks that his head which has red spots on it looks like my Austrailian Orange Spotted Blenny, and the body has stripes like my Klauzinger blenny....

Not sure if it's what the OP was hinting at, but they're saying they had a Australian Orange Spotted Blenny and a Klauzinger; now they have a new mystery fish that has characteristics of the other two fish??
Think wholphin or liger :love2:

 

[seahorsedreams]

Ah! It's been so long since I've read the original post. Got it!

Think wholphin or liger :love2:

LOL. Watched that last night.