ID this little mess maker!!!

I have a fine sand bed which until I got a gobie was doing its job just laying on the floor of my tank. Now the tank is like a snow globe!!!! I bought him from my LFS who called it a dot-dash gobie. My girlfirend named him morris (like morse code, dot dash) get it! Cant find info online for him under that name. Anyone have a better name?

 

I love it! Im a big fan of gobies and that guy is CUTE.

The name is awesome too.

 

I wish I could help more but I might be able to help others who know more about this particular fish.

There's no such thing as a dot dash goby. There is a dot dash blenny but this isn't one. (It's also not a blenny of any type....see how there are 2 dorsal fins? That means it's a goby and not a blenny).

 

First attempt at an ID

Possibly a "Decorated Goby" (Istigobius decoratus). The picture in my book has brown spots but the patterns are identical.

Pac

 

Based on what you found, I looked up that genus. Karma to you

I think you have an ornate goby (Istigobius ornatus)

 

Based on inwall's post, I think he may be right. Info on Ornate Goby:
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4322

Good luck!

Pac

 

Ornate Goby it is! Thanx for the help folks! Unfortunately about ten minutes ago I tore apart the rocks in my tank to get him out. Christmas is over, hopefully my snowglobe problem is too...