Sea Goblin's here!

[Woogiekids]

Inimicus didactylus

Meet Dracula, lol. Larger than I anticipated, over 4 inches.

His home:

 

[AlexS95]

I'm jealous! Looks awesome.

 

[NuttinSpecial]

Whoa. So what is goblin? Like a scorpion or stonefish or something? Deff. Cool looking. Congrats!

 

[MonsterTankMan]

Nice find,i love sea goblins

 

[Moray keeper]

Looks good! How big did it end up being? Looks like maybe 6" or so?

 

[Woogiekids]

I think close to 5! He's pretty awesome.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Woot! beautiful!

 

[StephLionfish]

Beautiful! Oh, and lol to the Zebra hanging upside down on your frag rack.

 

[rayn]

Awesome looking guy there. One of my favorite fish out there. Is he eating yet?

 

[Woogiekids]

Thanks! Yes. He ate 4 ghost shrimp yesterday. Horray!

 

[Woogiekids]

Beautiful! Oh, and lol to the Zebra hanging upside down on your frag rack.

Nice spot Steph! All three lions will congregate there, lol

 

[FMarini]

bet he colors up really nice, it has alot of red tint to his skin.
Congrats

 

[namxas]

Whoa. So what is goblin? Like a scorpion or stonefish or something? Deff. Cool looking. Congrats!

Goblin = Inimicus sp. = stingfish

Ghoul = Chorydactylus = stingfish

Both are members of the stonefish family (Synanaceiidae).


Woogie,

Sweet-looking fish...I agree with Frank...I bet it does color-up nicely for you. Goblins are very cool fish, and one of the "must-haves" for scorp collectors.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Very Nice Find!!

In the first shot, I think he has some sort of parasite on his eye.

~Michael

 

[Woogiekids]

Think so? I thought it was just his decorative fringing, lol.

 

[SecretiveFish]

Ok, where is he in your large tank picture? That is an extremely cool fish, now I want one!

Very nice tank BTW.

 

[Woogiekids]

Thanks!

He's buried with just his face poking up on the left side. Right in front of the duncan colony.

 

[nirvanaandtool]

Awesome fish! Good luck with him!

And I'm with Steph. lolz @ the zebra chillin upside down on the bottom of the frag rack

 

[michael_cb_125]

I am 95% certain that it is some sort of parasitic isopod or the like.

One good thing about this species is that when he sheds his cuticle the parasite should come off with it.

~Michael

 

[FMarini]

it sure does look like it has a parasitic isopod attached to the lower portion it its eye. The top "fringe" is a skin tassle