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[JPS]

This one is from Tulamben, Bali. I suspect that this little fellow has made his own hole into the whatever-brown-it-is-living-material. My best guess so far is some fangblenny, but it does not seem to match into any in Allen&Steene or Lieske&Myers. Any help?

[scubamarli]

Looks like a cleaner mimic, albeit a little yellower than usual. I've found the colours in Lieske and Myers a bit paler than in reality sometimes. I saw cleaner mimics both in Bali and Alor, usually poking out of sponges or discarded bottles.
Aspidontus taeniatus
Have a look here:
http://www.fishbase......tus taeniatus
They imitate a cleaner wrasse, and when a fish goes to get cleaned they take a chunk out of them! Nasty little critters, but clever!
Marli

[Cybergoldfish]

Deffinately a Blenny - "Banana-split Blenny"

[JPS]

Thanks Marli! Indeed, some of them seem to be more yellow than others, e.g. http://www.fishbase....66&what=species.

Bob, just to make sure: is "banana-split" good nickname for this guy or is there a whole species of banana guys? You never know with common names...

[frogfish]

I'm not completely sure, but it may be the same blenny as this guy:



..which I've tentatively ID-ed as a Black-banded blenny (Melacanthus grammites). This one was shot at Komodo. From the angle on JPS's photo, I can't tell if his fish has the second lower black stripe or not.

(And yes, that's the same fish as my "avatar" image up in the corner.)

Robert Delfs

[jimbo1946]

I just returned from Fiji (Viti Levu - Vatu-I-Ra Channel). I haven't finished editing my images yet, but one of them looks very much like JPS's post:

[JPS]

Attached is the only other image I have of the little fellow. No macro lens at that time, so detail is limited.

[pygmy_pipehorse]

Frogfish,

Your blenny is more like this one here. I bet it's the same genus as well.

http://www.amonline....fish/plupus.htm

Cheers