scooter blenny?????????

icyuod2

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i've had this guy for a year now. i've purchased it as a scooter blenny. since i've been told its a mother sailfin dragonet (due to the bright blue spots on his face and fins-top and bottom )
i've been told its a starry dragonet because of the red tail. and theres a few other names i cant recall.

he displays bright blues,pinks,purples along with green, yellow, brown, tan,and white. he changes his colors at the drop of a hat to match his surroundings.

heres the mothersailfin on liveaquaria Neosynchiropus ocellatus.
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1722&N=0
is this what i have? his top fin looks identical and the blue spots also.
it says its a rare find, i dont care either way, but i'd like to know for sure. mothersailfin? scooterblenny or starry dragonet?
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he doestnt put his front fin up very often, but its alot taller than the one behind it.
in the pic's it looks almost nonexistant, but it is there. it has 4 bright blue eyespots, just like the one on live aquaria.com
in the first of the 3 pics, you can see it. its almost 1" long/tall (2.5" fish)
 
That is a typical scooter blenny. I have mine for almost a year now and yes, it is the exact same color as yours and would display unbelievable color patterns when it stretches the dorsal fin!
 
That's a very handsome fish, and indeed he does look a little different from the garden variety scooter blenny, which has a much plainer fin. I love them---they're such earnest little fellows.
 
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