Mystery blenny

[Moort82]

Does anyone have a bicolour with an eye spot on it tummy? I picked up an unknown from a delivery yesterday and although i haven't had a good look yet and its still in its night time colours, it has the face of a bicolour varient but i haven't seen one with an eyespot before. It exactly the same as a ecsenius stigmatura under neath.

 

[Moort82]

Is that a no then?

 

[small alien]

You guys got any cameras over on that side of the pond? :rollface:

 

[Moort82]

No but i can do you a nice charcoal sketch.

Just waiting for it to be a little bolder, it still hides up when it sees anything. I've got a couple of shots with it in its night colours. I'll upload them now.

 

[Moort82]

These are the best i could get. The lighting is still subdued as its a cloudy day and it's lit by the sun, so i think these are perhaps not quite true day time colours. I also can't get a picture of the spot underheath as it hugs the rockwork but its exactly the same as a stigmatura has

Thanks

 

[Moort82]

Should have said it came from Bali.

 

[tubntxawg]

never seen a mystery like that before.. very nice

 

[Moort82]

Do the pics mean it more of a puzzle than i thought?

 

[small alien]

Looks like it's in its jammies.

 

[shananagans]

Are you speaking of the spots all over the body or is it underneatha nd we can't see it?

 

[Moort82]

No the patterns on its body are like you see overnight in escenius blennies. The spot in question is on the tummy of the blenny, exactly the same place as a escenius stigmatura has.

 

[airbats801]

my bicolor would get that pattern when it was stressed.

 

[Moort82]

It's not the pattern i'm worried about, they are night time shots so as above it in its jammies.
What i'm trying to find out is do any of the bicolour variations have the eye spot on their stomach. If they don't then i can look at finding out what it actually is.

 

[Moort82]

Got a couple of new pics (still not great) now it has coloured up properly. Any ideas now?

 

[TripleT]

Looks like a close relative of Ecsenius aroni:

http://www.eol.org/pages/988205

 

[Moort82]

Thanks that's the one i thought as well but it has a little more blue on the face and no signs of the darkened patch near the tail.

 

[peasofme]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+23+2229&pcatid=2229

keep in mind they're are tons of different blennies and blennies are always changing their colors. yours looks like a tailspot blenny without a spot on his tail. check out his stomach in the pic in that link

 

[Moort82]

It does resemble the tailspot in terms of the facial stripe and the stomach spot but it is definately not one. I've got one in the tank next to it and they are completely different in the flesh.
I know the ecsenius blennies are a large group so an exact id may be difficult, i looked through everything i can find but find the info on them lacking in finer detail.

 

[ricde]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=110709

 

[TripleT]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=110709

Ding ding ding ding!