red fin goby???

[joker1857]

saw these at my lfs labeled red fin goby and i can find any info on them anywhere hopefully someone here can help.
click on images to enlarge.

thanks.

 

[Brack-Man]

I'm not real sure but that looks like a red sail fin goby, which is a marine goby, but its kind of hard tell by the pics for sure.

Is the body kind of green with darker green stripes?

 

[joker1857]

sometimes it is a bit greenish but mostly brown with darker brownish stripes and reddish/orangish pectoral fins.
the lfs said they ordered them in off their suppliers brackish list so im pretty sure they are brackish.

 

[Lotus]

I had a look through my Baensch Atlas, and didn't see anything that matched closely. You could try this site, to see if you can find a picture, or maybe post on the forums: http://gobiidae.com/

 

[joker1857]

thanks lotus i posted the pics on that forum hopfully someone knows what they are.

 

[joker1857]

just an update:
no one on gobiidae.com could pinpoint what they are exactly but they are in my 180gal brackish tank and doing fine so far. they seem to be strictly herbivore as all i see them do is scrape algea off the rocks and glass.
i will update if i find out what goby they are or if anything changes.

 

[straitjacket]

http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClatur...ntains&crit2_value=&group=summary&backstep=-2
http://homepage2.nifty.com/PhD-mukai/Laboratory/Stiphodon/Stiphodon.html

http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClatur...ntains&crit2_value=&group=summary&backstep=-2
http://homepage2.nifty.com/PhD-mukai/Laboratory/Sicyopterus/Sicyopterus.html