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veen
05-23-2005, 08:32 PM
hi all,

can anyone id my new goby? the lfs had him labeled as a white sandsifter goby. sounds generic to me and i couldn't find much using those terms online.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/valeen/wsgobysmall.jpg

tia,
valeen
Brock Fluharty
05-23-2005, 08:52 PM
Looks like it could be a sailfin/algae blenny.


http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=94

It does look a little different, the markings and head especially. Could be him though.


Brock
gman0526
05-23-2005, 08:59 PM
That seems to be some kind of sleeper/diamond goby, very active sandsifter BTW.
Sugar Magnolia
05-24-2005, 07:46 AM
I agree with George. It's definitely one of the sleeper gobies.
ryan37211
05-24-2005, 08:04 PM
Deffinately a sleeper
brafish
06-03-2005, 07:39 AM
I have got this fish too. I caught it so I was never told what it was. Does yours change colour depending on what surface it is on? Does it stay close to the bottem and hide a lot? I haven't seen mine sifting any sand yet. I also have two goldhead sleeper gobies and the body shape is exactly the same. Does yours sometimes appear to have clouded eye's? Not like a diesese or anything, more like cave fish and deepwater fish eye's.

Good luck finding a name for this fish, I caught mine in the rock pools in Caloundra, Australia if that is any help.
veen
06-09-2005, 09:49 PM
I have got this fish too. I caught it so I was never told what it was. Does yours change colour depending on what surface it is on? Does it stay close to the bottem and hide a lot? I haven't seen mine sifting any sand yet. I also have two goldhead sleeper gobies and the body shape is exactly the same. Does yours sometimes appear to have clouded eye's? Not like a diesese or anything, more like cave fish and deepwater fish eye's.

Good luck finding a name for this fish, I caught mine in the rock pools in Caloundra, Australia if that is any help.i finally found out what it is. it's a chalk goby, scientific name Valenciennea sexguttata. he's very fun to watch - sifts sand all day!
Sugar Magnolia
06-10-2005, 08:19 AM
Also called a sixspot sleeper goby - glad you narrowed it down to the exact species.