Utila mystery fish
Started by cloustalot, May 20 2009 07:07 AM
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cloustalot
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Lionfish
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 07:07 AM
Passed on to me for ID - but I can't find it on fishbase. Anyone? Taken in Utila.
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acroporas
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 07:24 AM
It is hard to be very confident about anything with the poor quality of the image. But my best guess is a goby of some sort. Perhaps Gobiodon sp.
William
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cloustalot
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 08:01 AM
All I know is that they guy was snorkeling in a lagoon on Utila and saw this fish. Not sure of the size but I would think the color is somewhat close to accurate.
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acroporas
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 08:35 AM
Ohh wait, I somehow missed this before - Utila is in the Caribbean - No gobiodons in the Caribbean.
The caribbean actually makes it a lot easier as there are far fewer choices....Check out:
Lophogobius cyprinoides
http://fishbase.org/...ame=cyprinoides
The caribbean actually makes it a lot easier as there are far fewer choices....Check out:
Lophogobius cyprinoides
http://fishbase.org/...ame=cyprinoides
William
Canon 5D Ikelite Housing and strobes
15FE | 24/2.8 | 35/1.4 | 85/1.8 | 150/2.8 macro
Canon 5D Ikelite Housing and strobes
15FE | 24/2.8 | 35/1.4 | 85/1.8 | 150/2.8 macro
