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Eel ID

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by CoryB, Dec 20, 2009.

  1. Dec 20, 2009 #1
    CoryB

    CoryB Inactive User

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    He is black and yellow.  Approx 8 to 10 inches long.  Not aggressive at all.  The colors go all the way down him like the in picture.  I know its a crappy picture but I can never catch him with a decent camera!
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  2. Dec 20, 2009 #2
    wolfman1973

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    that looks like a convict bleeny to me,not an eel
     
  3. Dec 20, 2009 #3
    CoryB

    CoryB Inactive User

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    thank you!
     
  4. Dec 20, 2009 #4
    FishBrain New London

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    Shripe goby aka engineer goby
     
  5. Dec 20, 2009 #5
    Troy

    Troy Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Engineer goby. I had two of them, they were pretty cool to watch.
     
  6. Dec 21, 2009 #6
    wolfman1973

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    Secretive and hardy, the convict blenny (of which it is neither a blenny nor a goby, but more related to the perch) has been known to grow to eighteen inches or more in length, though in retail, it is usually offered as a juvenile, often not much more than an inch long. Resembling the catfish eel (probably as a defense mechanism) when in its juvenile state, this fast growing fish will lose the horizontal stripes of white on black, and develop a more splotchy, polka dotted look as it reaches maturation.

    The Pholidichthys Leucotaenia goes by many different names:

    •Pacific Neon Goby
    •Worm Goby
    •Worm Blenny
    •Convict Blenny
    •Engineer Goby
    •Eel Goby
    •Eel Blenny


    Read more at Suite101: Hardworker: The Convict Blenny: A Constructive, Comical Fish. | Suite101.com http://fishinsects.suite101.com/article.cfm/saldkfjasldnvaowerigfscf#ixzz0aLYtuSPl
     

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