Fish ID

[James Cardwell]

Im not sure what this fish is?
Hoping someone can ID.

Thanks

 

[eatbreakfast]

@Chasmodes

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Did you collect it yourself? If so, what part of the world?

 

[James Cardwell]

No i didnt collect it myself. It is at a local fish store.

 

[Maritimer]

Certainly a goby, but beyond that ... I got nothin'.

~Bruce

 

[ChiCity]

Looks like something similar to a crested oyster goby, but obviously a much lighter color and totally different markings.
But the shape of the body is spot on to a crested oyster goby

 

[eatbreakfast]

It's definitely a goby, so that only narrows it down to a few thousand choices. It looks similar to some Cryptocentroides species, so maybe a closely related genera.

 

[Chasmodes]

Did the LFS say where it was from? What did they label it or call it?

 

[James Cardwell]

The LFS is not sure. LFS thing it might be a randell goby buy it looks nothing like one. I will look at crested oyster goby and do some more reseache myself.

 

[James Cardwell]

Looks like something similar to a crested oyster goby, but obviously a much lighter color and totally different markings.
But the shape of the body is spot on to a crested oyster goby

Thank you

 

[Chasmodes]

Also, how long was it?

 

[James Cardwell]

About 3 inches long

 

[Chasmodes]

Sorry James, I haven't been able to identify it yet. Any chance you can get better pics showing all of the fins (hopefully extended)? A close up of the dorsal fins and caudal fin showing ray counts might help too. The markings on this fish are quite unique. I wonder if it has another color phase, because so far, nobody seems to have captured a pic of it except you! Maybe it's a new species?

 

[James Cardwell]

Sorry James, I haven't been able to identify it yet. Any chance you can get better pics showing all of the fins (hopefully extended)? A close up of the dorsal fins and caudal fin showing ray counts might help too. The markings on this fish are quite unique. I wonder if it has another color phase, because so far, nobody seems to have captured a pic of it except you! Maybe it's a new species?

I will try to get some more pictures. I will post them up in a few days.
That will be cool if it is a new species.
Thank you for all the help.

 

[joetbs]

Probably came in as an assorted goby from Indo or Philippines. I would lean towards Genus like Istigobius or Bathygobius but very hard to ID exactly. Could even be a brackish water fish like the Cresteds are.

 

[James Cardwell]

Probably came in as an assorted goby from Indo or Philippines. I would lean towards Genus like Istigobius or Bathygobius but very hard to ID exactly. Could even be a brackish water fish like the Cresteds are.

Thanks to everyone for all of the information.

 

[radiata]

Get a picture showing its mouth. It reminds me of a Lizardfish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like either the " slender Goby" or "giant Goby".