What kind of goby?

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  1. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    Hey all, got a really neat little goby today. LFS had no idea what he was. Hitchhiked on some live rock and had been there for a while. But I have been trying to search google and have found nothing, no clue on the origin or anything else, anyone know what he is?

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    My laptop needs to update so I will be restarting, be back in a couple minutes, thanks for any help guys!
     
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  3. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    The cool kind, duh. Really though, no clue, but I like it.
     
  4. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Pic 2 and 3 is a neon goby. You really should know that Matty
     
  5. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    lol I knew that one dude, I wanted to get another but they said they could fight if I mixed the colors(blue one and a yellow one)...:-/
     
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Oh, you meant the other one. Well, I have no idea then.
    Looks similar to a diagonal bar prawn gobie, not quite but its very close, might help with the googling.
     
  7. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Dude, I just looked through practically the whole of google and couldn't find anything. I'm anxious to find out what type of goby this is because I regularly see them on our shores. And there's a species profile of it in one of the books I have at work
     
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  9. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    I don't think it the prawn... The prawn's stripes are more spaced out and not as many. the name is on the tip of my tongue but I can't get it... I'll have to wait till I go to work tomorrow to check in the species book...
    Urghhh... I could never remember something when I need to lol
     
  10. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    I think I might have found it, Tiger Goby, or
    Gobiosoma macrodon....?
     
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Elacatinus (Tigrigobius) macrodon
     
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    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    That's it...;)