Need Goby/Blenny ID

[treetopflyn]

Caught this little guy on my dock and was wondering what kind of goby/blenny it is. It has a neon blue dot on the fin at the top it's head.

 

[sc50964]

It's not a goby. It's a blenny.

 

[rovster]

Looks a lot like a starry blenny

 

[treetopflyn]

Looks a lot like a starry blenny

It does but the blue dot has me stumped

 

[dadummy]

check out hairy blenny

 

[treetopflyn]

Funny you said that. That is about the cloest thing I can find but again I don't see the neon blue dot.

 

[billsreef]

Take a look at this list from fishbase. Don't get too fixated on color, as that can be variable. Morphology is more important for ID purposes.

http://www.fishbase.org/identificat...=31&spines=&fins=&resultPage=1&sortby=species

 

[ocean82]

Hairy blenny. I have had a few. Great fish

 

[kamalehi]

Parablennius marmoreus black color morph

 

[treetopflyn]

Found it. It's a Seaweed Blenny

 

[ocean82]

It is nice. They are great in a reef tank

 

[kelp47]

Hey, what do you feed these guys? I recently got one as a hitchhiker, and I really like him! He seems to enjoy picking stuff off the rocks, but I'm sure I'll need to start supplementing soon. I'm just starting out with my first reef aquarium, and I don't really know much about the different food options other than some frozen blocks I used to feed some fish I had years ago.

 

[treetopflyn]

He eats everything now including pelets.

 

[kelp47]

Great! A low-maintenance friend! A quick trip to my LFS should do it. Thanks!

 

[kelp47]

I dropped by my LFS yesterday and the owner gave me a sample of some veggie-based pellets, and I just saw my blenny accept a couple. Thanks!

 

[treetopflyn]

Awesome!!