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[JKrumsick]

Hey Everyone -
I need some help with these Blennies. I have some ideas about what they are but need some corroboration.

Thanks in advance!


xxuk_y08_m04_0215.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

No idea... :-)


yyyc_y09_m06_0030.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Diamond Blennie? Not a good ID photo I know...


yyac_SAD3038.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Lofty or Roughhead Triplefin?


yyxxac_y11_m01_0050.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Same question, Lofty or Roughhead Triplefin?


yyjauk_y09_m09_0205.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Pirate Blenny? He has long cirri but his foredorsal fin is down.

[Karen Honeycutt]

where were these photos taken

[Karen Honeycutt]

First looks like Orangesided Goby (Gobiosoma dilepsis) if photo was taken in Caribbean, but the image is not clear enough for any certain ID.

[JKrumsick]

Thanks Karen, I am having to do ID's for a friend of a friend and these photos were taken over a period of 30 years in various locations. In fact, the diver who took these photos is friends with Paul Humann and it is a wonder he doesn't have him do the ID'ing!

Anyway, the photos are limited to the Caribbean and done mostly in the Cayman Islands.

Thanks again for the help!

[Rocha]

#1 Emblemariopsis sp. (can't ID these guys to species without careful morphological examination)
#2 Malacoctenus boehlkei (Diamond Blenny)
#3 Malacoctenus triangulatus (Saddled Blenny)
#4 Enneanectes boehlkei (Roughhead Triplefin)
#5 Emblemaria pandionis (Sailfin Blenny)

[JKrumsick]

Thanks for the replies.

Rocha, I don't want to call your conclusions into question but I have to do a lot of due diligence with ID'ing (its for a book).

Are you sure you think #3 is a Saddled Blenny? I thought it was at first as well until I found what looks like a retracted foredorsal fin on its head. This is why I thought it was a triplefin.

I have re-posted in Flickr with a closeup of the same photo and am re-posting it.


yyac_SAD3038.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

And are you sure #2 is a Diamond Blenny?

Is this a Diamond Blenny even though it doesn't have the fore-fin?


xxyc_y07_m06_0152.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Lastly, I have a couple more I am having difficulty with ID'ing. Thanks so much for the help.


yyja_y07_m02_0046.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Some kind of bi-color Pike Blenny


yyja_y08_m03_0263.jpg by I(heart)Fish, on Flickr

Maybe a roughhead. Those red eyes are kind of scary.

Cheers!

[Rocha]

I am 100% sure about the first 2 (Malacoctenus triangulatus and Malacoctenus boehlkei). The third is probably Chaenopsis limbaughi (Yellowface pikeblenny) but I can't be sure without seeing the whole fish. The last is Opistognathus macrognathus (Banded Jawfish).

[reefnet]

I am 100% sure about the first 2 (Malacoctenus triangulatus and Malacoctenus boehlkei). The third is probably Chaenopsis limbaughi (Yellowface pikeblenny) but I can't be sure without seeing the whole fish. The last is Opistognathus macrognathus (Banded Jawfish).

I agree with Luiz on all of them except the third one, which looks more like a wrasse blenny (Hemiemblemaria simula )

Les

[Rocha]

I agree with Luiz on all of them except the third one, which looks more like a wrasse blenny (Hemiemblemaria simula )

Les

You are absolutely correct! I haven't been in the Caribbean so long, starting to forget some species...

[JKrumsick]

Luis, Les and Karen -
Thank you so much for the help. I am currently working on a friend's book and it is really tough doing this for the first time. Your help has made me much more confident in the work that I am doing!

All the very best,
Jeremy