Cool Fish I Saw Today

[SushiGirl]

Conversation was a bit like this:

Me: OMG! Look at that giant scooter!
BF: Holy crp!
Me: OMG, it HAS LEGS!!!!

LOL...finger scooter blenny...oh so cool!

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[RJT]

Haha. Did you buy him?

[spieszak]

I can't seem to get perspective from the video, how big is it?

[SushiGirl]

No, I didn't buy him. He was about the length of my hand. Don't think that'd work in a rock-filled 55, a 20L, or a 10g QT tank LOL.

He was sooooo awesome, though!

[SushiGirl]

Here's a pic my boyfriend took with a tomato clown in it. Not that that really helps with the size since you have no idea how big the clown is LOL.
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[spieszak]

Nor have I any real idea how big your hand is, but I get the idea :)
Does look like a cool fish.

[pontiac]

def a cool fish, look good in my new 300:)

[Nina51]

i take it this fish was at your lfs. surely your lfs has tanks for sale. don't you think it's time for an upgrade?

cool fish!

[BonnieMiller]

I agree...that fish is awesome...

[HumbleFish]

Showed this to my wife. She was like, "OMG, that's the thing nightmares are made of." :eek2:

[SushiGirl]

:lol:

Nina, all I could think of was the 140 we've had sitting in the garage for 2 1/2 years now. Too bad it's not cheaper to set up a big tank!

[reeferstace]

I love scooters anyway. This dude is the coolest one I have ever seen. :)

[namxas]

That's a fingered dragonette (Dactylopus dactylopus, which actually means finger foot)...they are indeed closely-related to scooter and mandarin dragonettes, which aren't blennies (or gobies) at all.

The stingfishes also have dactyls they use for lunging/locomotion...here's a fish that has 3 dactyls on each side and walks like a bug...Chorydactylus multibarbus (bearded ghoul/orange-banded stingfish):

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/hixphotobucket/Our%20Fish/ghoulmovienight900.jpg

[SushiGirl]

Namxas, thought of y'all when I saw it LOL.