Priolepis Reef Goby PICS

[FiShTaCo]

First pics of my reef goby. He's hard to capture on camera. Not sure of his exact type but looks like Prolepsis?

 

[LisaD]

Priolepsis cincta?

 

[FiShTaCo]

Could be LisaD, but he has the highest fin I've ever seen? More like a Priolepis borea? Another thing I've noted is that his stripes seem to be more spread out and fewer than cincta IME. Perhaps he's a Heinz 57:lol:

 

[Macimage]

He is just too cute!!

Joyce

 

[Elysia]

Very pretty.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Now that's awesome!

 

[FiShTaCo]

Thank you all for the kind words! My goby thanks you too! :lol:

 

[FiShTaCo]

(01-09-09)

Hope you enjoy.

Another shot of him in the corner. Much better color IMO, the previous had a flash glare that made him very neon yellow.

Here's some were he's actually being a 'reef' goby and trying to camo ........

Took him some time to be seen in the rocks. His favorite spots were the rear corners of the Solana. I suppose he now feels comfortable enough to go to the "reef".

 

[chrisstie]

They are too cute I'm glad other people like keeping them

Here's mine

I've had him for at least a year now, its pretty amazing for a little guy. Sometimes I don't know he's there then when I feed, BAM out of nowhere he is eating.

 

[SDguy]

Very neat! My P. nocturna are some of my favorite fish...too bad they are so cryptic around large fish

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Too bad I can't find any near me...

 

[anydarnthing]

P. Nocturna cryptic, thats an understatement...sometimes I think mine is dead but like clockwork I see him once every 2 months.

 

[FiShTaCo]

chrisstie - So cool to see another one! I love these lil guys.

Thanks to everyone for posting!

 

[MitchReef]

Priolepis ascensionis, the Ascension Goby, named for their natural territory, Ascension Island and The St. Helena Territiries in the South Atlantic....That's what those are...did a lot of research when I got mine....

 

[FiShTaCo]

Wow, very cool MitchReef. Thank you so much for the info. These little guys rock. He's become my fav fish in the tank.

So far he is housed with a YWG & Pistol pair, and a Bangaii Cardinal.

 

[Scridifer]

I realise this is an old thread but I've just added a second Priolepsis nocturna to my existing one and they seem to be getting on OK so I thought I'd share:

 

[Nembo]

I used to have one but wouldn't buy another.Never saw it for months at a time.

 

[FiShTaCo]

Great picture Scridifer! Thanks for sharing

 

[Scridifer]

Thanks Joanna - have you still got your little fella?

A few more pics:

New guy/gal

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A couple of the original

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[rlpardue]

That is friggin sweet. Nice job rolling the dice and ending up with a m/f pair! I wish I had the guts to do that with a $60 fish lol.