Unusual Convict Blenny species

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monacoplc

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Hey everyone,

I recently purchased an unusual convict blenny species "Pholidichthys anguis" aka Worm Blenny. I've been having a very though time finding any info on this species. Does anyone have one or have kept one in the past? Any info will be greatly appreciated.


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EnderG60,

He's definitely a blenny from the convict family and not a goby :-)

I got him at ffexpress.com and they're not cheap, usually going for $250 and up. He has been a great addition to my tank and is full of character but unfortunately I can't find any info on them on the internet :-(
 
WOW!!
That's a wild looking fish. If it wasn't identified as a Pholidichthys I'de guess it was a long thin Brotulid.
$250+ is a lot to pay for a fish, but if yours survives and doesn't hide all the time I'll be next to buy one. They have one for sale.
What other fish are in the tank with it?
 
Yeah he is an awesome fish ;) He has been in the tank for over 3 weeks now and is not reclusive at all....in fact he's always out and about when he's not trying to dig a burrow somewhere in the tank and at one point shared the burrow of one of my jawfish lol

My current list of inhabitants:

a pair of Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis - Rhomboid Golden Fairy Wrasse

a pair of Amphiprion ocellaris - Snowflake Clownfish

one Cirripectes stigmaticus - Fiji Red Streaked Blenny

one Centropyge interruptus - Japanese Pigmy Angel

a pair of Eurypegasus draconis - Dragon Sea Moth

a pair of Nemateleotris helfrichi - Helfrich's Firefish

three Caracanthus madagascariensis - Binocular Velvetfish or Red Spotted Coral Croucher

one Opistognathus rosenblatti - Blue Spotted Jawfish

I guess since I always wanted an eel, and knew that was not going to happen, I found this unusual blenny very eel like. He's about 7 inches long so he looks really striking. No one bothers him since all my fish are pretty peaceful. The other blenny kinda had a go at him for the first few days but now they totally ignore each other so I think so far they'll be OK in the same tank.

He eats well twice a day. I have found no problem caring for him, just couldn't find any information about this species :-(
 
I seem to recall a thread about these when LA had one in the diver's den section. Aren't they a temperate water species?
 
SDguy,

One of the only info I found about him was here . They come from Western Australia so I don't believe he's found in temperate waters since he's mostly found in shallow water. My tank is a constant 77-78 and so far he's being doing great....eating well and very active. They're certainly new to the trade but I was wondering if anyone has kept them for a longer period of time and what their exprience with this species was :-)
 
Sorry, but I have no experience here. I knew that there was a second Pholidichthyid known to science, but I was unaware that they had already made it into the trade
 
I just bought today the juvenile form of Pholidichthys leucotaenia it has different colours black and white(black and yellow when he growth) ,it's a wierd calm non bothering fish.
The juvenile form is really different from the adult he does a metamorphosis and change the colors and also a little bit the body shape.
A friend of mine had this fish for a while and he never bother tankmates and corals neiter he told me that it used to burrow into a cave then when he added a DSB he was burrowing in the sand.
Tomorrow I'll try to get a pic of juvenile form so you guys can see it :)
 
Wow! What a find - have you been able to find any info, btw? More pics would be nice...:D

FWIW I looked in my Baensch atlas - nothing :rolleyes:
 
Marie,

I haven't been able to find any further info...I even emailed marinecenter.com and they have never had this species for sale before :-(

For now I'm just keeping a small record of his behavior and eating habits for future reference but I really thought that they have been around in the trade before and was hoping someone else had one of them in their tank :p
 
look up brotulid i think thats what it is see if u find pics that resemble it and also i would love to see a pic of your tank with all of those over 100 dollar fishes!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8792217#post8792217 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by monacoplc
Marie,

I haven't been able to find any further info...I even emailed marinecenter.com and they have never had this species for sale before :-(

For now I'm just keeping a small record of his behavior and eating habits for future reference but I really thought that they have been around in the trade before and was hoping someone else had one of them in their tank :p
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Sometimes it happens - I once saw an anthias at the LFS that nobody has!! I wish I'd bought it - they only wanted $30. Then I would have been so cool - the only one with that anthias -lol

Your fish is really gorgeous - keep us posted - I'm curious about how big they get, among other things. It's so hard to find an eel like fish. I had a garden eel for a while (bought it using wrong LFS care info :rolleyes: ) It was pretty cool.

It would be nice to think yours is the first one of those and there will be more to come.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8789100#post8789100 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JackKerouac
I just bought today the juvenile form of Pholidichthys leucotaenia it has different colours black and white(black and yellow when he growth) ,it's a wierd calm non bothering fish.
The juvenile form is really different from the adult he does a metamorphosis and change the colors and also a little bit the body shape.
A friend of mine had this fish for a while and he never bother tankmates and corals neiter he told me that it used to burrow into a cave then when he added a DSB he was burrowing in the sand.
Tomorrow I'll try to get a pic of juvenile form so you guys can see it :)
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Commonly known as engineer gobies here in the US. Very cool fish! My favorite eel replacement for a reef.
 
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