Fish of the Week... small gobies (Trimma, Eviota, Priolepis etc)!

[gregr]

this is the place to post pictures of small gobies!
since were on this topic- i found this link for identifying gobies:
http://uri.sakura.ne.jp/~dd/g/einfn1.htm

[Jow13]

I can't wait for this to get rollin' Greg you should have a ton

[gregr]

oh i have one or two :p
here's my favorite:

http://www.gregrothschild.com/hosted/gby351.jpg

[Mariner]

Greg,
Wow that's a great link!!!! What's the limit on "small" -- the only goby I've got is a firefish. He's probably 2"
Mariner

[ozadars]

Nice subject!
Here is my old gobiodon albofasiatus


http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/208/208308/pages/540905/clowngoby.jpg

[gregr]

re. size- i never met a goby i didn't like :p
ozadars- that fish/photo is excellent!

[ozadars]

Thanks Greg. He is/was one of my favourite. RIP

Thats my old ywg (i hate the word old :( )

http://server5.uploadit.org/files/ozadars-ywgcls.jpg

Hope this ywg is not too big for this category :rolleyes: but an engineer goby reaches a foot, a ywg gets only 3" ;)

[LPSgirl]

Ozadars, Thanks for the name too, I had seen your avatar before and thought that was a beautiful guy, but never knew what he was!!

[ozadars]

No problem but my very dirty keyboard's is not working really well especially the letter "C" is hard to push so it didnt appeard in the name. The correct name is Gobiodon albofasciatus.
I need to clean the keyboard or buy a new one.

[LPSgirl]

That is too funny, I have the same problem (with my space bar though). But regardless I found your guy in the link that Greg gave - your picture is a thousand times better, maybe you should send yours to them (since they call themselves "goby freaks", maybe they would appreciate it?)

[ozadars]

i think they would look for a picture that is take in the wild but it might worth trying. Thanks

[slave-of-rock]

ill try and get a pic of my green clown, but i see him once a day when the eel chaces him out of his rock, i got him bcuz he was free and i knew he wouldnt get eatin cuz he always hides in rock!! lol

[doublette90]

Here's a pic of our Neon Cleaner Goby. He's about 1.5". Small and quick, makes it hard to get a decent picture of him. :)
http://www3.telus.net/public/dabbler/cleaner%20goby%202.jpg

[gregr]

green clown gobies are the coolest!
http://www.gregrothschild.com/hosted/gby312b.jpg

ps- that's an old picture- the flatworms are long gone :p

[Peter Schmiedel]

Here we go - Thx Greg ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/eviota_spp_redbar_male.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/eviota_spp_redbar_female.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/priolepis_nocturna_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/priolepis_nocturna_female.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/eviota_bifasciata.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/trimma_sp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/paragobiodon_lacunicolus.jpg

[dlancz]

Nice Pics!

[Peter Schmiedel]

There are more around ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/eviota_spp_red_bar.jpg

Best shot I could get, but still trying .. and I even have two of these beasts... even Liopropoma swalesi is easier to get on the pic :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/discordipinna_griessingeri.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/discordipinna_griessingeri5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/trimma_rubromaculata.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/eviota_pellucida.jpg

[gregr]

those are all amazing! i don't think i've ever seen a single one of the fish you just posted Peter. that was a great treat.
thank you.

[NFed16]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/540/39012P10100061.jpg

Yellow Clown Gobies Forever! :bum:

[hogpark7430]

this little guy came on my live rock from TBS
convict gobie 1.5"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/hogpark7430/gobi.jpg

[mummra100769]

i have a male priolepis nocturna.i have been searching for info on them.where can i get some info please.i would post the pics here,but my skills....they.....they are....well ..week.my main question is he going to eat my clown gobies?thank you.btw i wish i could as good a shot as you did of yours,man he is a hard fish to shoot.

[Clownen]

Your forgetting the best goby of all. The prized and gracefull moving Mandarin Gobyhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.divegallery.com/mandarinfish1_thumb.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.divegallery.com/gallery.htm&h=90&w=118&sz=11&tbnid=FiDe_V9s_bwJ:&tbnh=62&tbnw=81&start=29&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMandarin%2BGoby%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

[Clownen]

darn, this forum is a little different then my home forum :(

[Desert Fox]

Originally posted by Clownen
Your forgetting the best goby of all. The prized and gracefull moving Mandarin Goby
That's 'cause the Mandarin isn't actually a Gobiod, rather a Dragonet from the family Callionymidae. Synchiropus splendidus is just typically misnomered as a goby. Just an FYI moment for ya. They are beautiful fish though!!!!

[gho]

I'm not sure, is this a goby?

Diffusion filter:
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/galleries/albums/marine/20040717%20112912%205433.jpg

http://www.ximinasphotography.com/galleries/albums/marine/20040717%20112502%205422.jpg

[gregr]

i have one of those little beauties- at the fish store he was called a Red Headed Neon Goby. so his real name is... your guess is as good as mine :lol:
http://www.gregrothschild.com/hosted/gby179.jpg

[slave-of-rock]

gregr y do you say i have that fish too? cuz everyone knows that you have all the fish we have!!! + some!! :lol:

[gregr]

hah! wish i had some of those gobies Peter has... they are amazing.

Clownen- i can't figure out what the url is for the image you wanted to post otherwise i'd have tried to post it for you. let me know if i can help.
greg

[Desert Fox]

Greg- i think it may be this (?):
http://www.divegallery.com/mandarinfish_1.jpg
Beautiful! More here. (http://www.divegallery.com/mandarinfish.htm)

[gregr]

man that is one sweet shot!
i always thought the body on Mandarins was the most amazing colors/patterns but now i see it's the tail.
beautiful shots :D

[Mariner]

Very nice fish and pics everyone.
Here's a somewhat blurry pic of my humble firefish goby -- note that I managed to get the bubble algae in sharp focus :rolleyes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/stevexpnt/firefish.jpg
Mariner

[Peter Schmiedel]

Some more:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/gobisoma_randalli.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/gobiosoma_randalli.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/coryphopterus_personatus.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/caracanthus_unipinna.jpg

[TS]

Sorry I'm late again. :)

I loved this little devil

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/photopost/data/502/3perchweb-med.jpg


e: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/photopost/data/502/3clgoby1-med.jpg

[Peter Schmiedel]

I spend some time infront of the tank and want to show you the results:

This is "right" infront of his home until last night:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_r1.jpg

Sometimes the gobie goes up 2-4 cm on the rocks, but never leaves the sand

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_r3.jpg

"Left" is much more shy and does not like to pose for the camera:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_p4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_p.jpg

I added a few day ago 4 more Alpheus randalli and should now have 2 of the red / white coloration and 4 of the red / yellow coloration. Since that "left" has his pistol shrimp too and gained much more confidence. Both of them are also more out during the daytime now and feed on frozen mysis.

Here they are together now on the left side of the tank.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_p1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_p2.jpg

In interaction the switch the middle part of the body white to impress other fish and even their own kind. Also note the open mouth of "right"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_p3.jpg

As my file fish is bothering the Alpheus they are shy - and he is not willing to be catched, but I keep on trying. Here the shrimp is securing the area

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_r6.jpg

And a second later cover by a sand storm caused by the little alpheus which you can see in the background

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/flabelligobius_r7.jpg

I hope you enjoy the pictures!

[Peter Schmiedel]

I changed the folders structure of my old pictures thats why they are not shown anymore in the old threads, so I add them again here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/paragobiodon_lacunicolus.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/trimma_sp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/eviota_pellucida.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/eviota_bifasciata.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/discordipinna_griessingeri4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/helcogramma_striata.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/priolepis_nocturna_female.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/trimma_cana_female.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/tryssogobius.jpg

[superbeagle]

The green guys are my favorite.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/rebecca73/Fish/green1s.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/rebecca73/Fish/green3s.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/rebecca73/Fish/green4s.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/rebecca73/Fish/hippogoby1.jpg

[Flipturn88]

I love small gobies! They are awesome. :D

Yellow Watchman (well he was small at the time...)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/YWG365-29-2005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/YWG416-1-2005.jpg

Purple Firefish
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/PFG_10-7-2005-2.jpg

Green Clown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/GCG_10-7-2005-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/GCB_8-2-2005_6_SM.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Flipturn1988/GCG_9-16-2005_3-2.jpg

[M.Doshier]

All though I dont have any SW tanks set up right now, but one of the other beautiful gobys are the Helfrichi Firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi)

http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20040331221152/www.liveaquaria.com/images/products/large/p_71250.jpg

Reference: liveaquaria.com

[LPSgirl]

That liveaquaria picture has been posted a bunch; but if you really want to drool just check out pics of the real thing here. (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=677948)

[Larry Combs]

So I'm a little late on the fish of the week thing but I couldn't resist posting a pic of the blue spotted watchman.


http://usera.imagecave.com/Ellen/1105/1005bluespottedwatchman.JPG

[incysor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/tankpics/p1011514sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/tankpics/CatalinaSM.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/marshcontest/daisy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/Jan05/P1011488sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/Jan05/P1011468sm.jpg

[incysor]

Originally posted by LPSgirl
That liveaquaria picture has been posted a bunch; but if you really want to drool just check out pics of the real thing here. (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=677948)

They're kinda difficult to catch.

These are the best two I was able to manage when one of the LFS got some in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/Misc/P1010172sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/incysor/Misc/P1010653sm.jpg

B

[Wrasse10]

Hey, just a newbie here!

I have a Yellow Watchman that I wanted to get paired up with my pistol shrimp. They may be from different regions, as they don't seem to want to hang out together...they are oblivious to each other. They are both still very cool seperately. The Watchman is only about 2" long and he enjoys tasting the sand and digging little holes for himself.

When I brough the Watchman home, he was a beautiful bright yellow...as seen here:
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SQDtAu4Uo!njvw7kk*314vMQyesxkqfEWgg2Ca*2pGP7iGssc9LMd81pHh0pYOx56xlLjw8O4J9CmDsS!wjvPgKneizdnikIpBC tPMyLR!i2EU9K8loKfA/PDR_0120.JPG?dc=4675546171183953289

Then as time wore on...he changed color...to this...
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQDiAtQVAEM817LAFRrQj3j0oF3AKlSnSDOsjKMH3wg!Yq069WCBVh8pWdNndEv1V8cKNoXGQ1FDPw8QVX5cQEmh8GsDxpyxwWW sDBNDfu8kbD0Aex5A1g/PDR_0925.JPG?dc=4675546172914888739

I'm not sure of an explanation for this...I've been told that maybe the Red Fairy Wrasse pestering him may have made him turn to female...if this is even possible.

Figured this would be an interesting addition to this "little gobies" thread!

Sorry my pix aren't working...I can't quite figure out why???!!! Anyone got suggestions?

[gho]

Originally posted by WrasseHole
Sorry my pix aren't working...I can't quite figure out why???!!! Anyone got suggestions?
Are they in a gallery that you need to log into? Try photobucket.com - works quite well and free too.

BTW, last time some used your handle, it was changed - Good luck keeping it :D

[gho]

Originally posted by Peter Schmiedel
I spend some time infront of the tank and want to show you the results... I hope you enjoy the pictures!
Very impressive, Peter! I did, in fact, enjoy them immensely. Great shots and awsome fish.

[kraftyforu]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/84167YWG.JPG

[beerguy]

Quick and dirty with a new camera

http://images.hopdog.com/goby_1.jpg

[Peter Schmiedel]

Time to refresh this thread :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/ptereleotris_grammica.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/ptereleotris_grammica1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/ptereleotris_grammica2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/gunnellichthys_viridescens8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/gunnellichthys_portrait.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/helfrichi.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/valenciennea_randalli_3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/amblyeleotris_randalli.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/reefsafe/Gobies/malacoctenus_triangulatus.jpg

[thor32766]

great pics thanks for sharing!!!!

[gregr]

What he said :D
Great bump Peter!

[thor32766]

wow awesome pics guys!

[Gary Majchrzak]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/540/7144142_4287_1_.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/540/7144142_4283_1_.jpg

[Peter Schmiedel]

Gary,

which fish is that on the first picture with the Alpheus randalli? Looks very small and I am not sure what it is. Amblyeleotris?

[bagedtaco]

http://www.dubspeedracing.com/photopost/data/500/medium/shrimpgoby.jpg

http://www.dubspeedracing.com/photopost/data/500/medium/P1010011.JPG

http://www.dubspeedracing.com/photopost/data/500/medium/P1010010.JPG

http://www.dubspeedracing.com/photopost/data/500/medium/P1010011.JPG

[bagedtaco]

Peter Schmiedel

your the only other person i have seen with these

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7605994#post7605994 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Peter Schmiedel
Gary,

which fish is that on the first picture with the Alpheus randalli? Looks very small and I am not sure what it is. Amblyeleotris?
I'm not quite sure what the fish is, Peter. I agree that it seems to be some type of Amblyeleotris.

[skippy2]

This is Sid

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/skippy2/displaysid6-22-06.jpg

[Peter Schmiedel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7608704#post7608704 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bagedtaco
Peter Schmiedel

your the only other person i have seen with these

There are a fes more in Singapore who keep them. BTW I don't spot the Alpheus randalli burrow on your pics? You are aware that this goby lives only with the Alpheus?

[bagedtaco]

he lives with a pistol shrimp.

[OrionN]

Great pictures everybody.
bagedtaco check your email

[Clownlover]

great photos everyone. I enjoyed them all.