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 Apr 20 2008, 01:49 PM
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 Motorbike Riding Tattooed fish freak  Group: Members Posts: 1518 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Bracknell Member No.: 39137  |
hey guys got this lil fella a while ago but never knew the species name
i know he is a goby but that is it lol 
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Apr 20 2008, 02:19 PM
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 Research! Group: Members Posts: 2614 Joined: 18-July 05 Member No.: 14705 |
Stiphodon sp. probably stiphodon atropurpureus.
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Apr 20 2008, 02:29 PM
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Motorbike Riding Tattooed fish freak Group: Members Posts: 1518 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Bracknell Member No.: 39137 |
thanks
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Apr 20 2008, 05:22 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 872 Joined: 23-May 06 From: New York, NY Member No.: 21519 |
Doesn't look like Stiphodon atropurpureus to me. Atropurpureus has a very defined line that runs down it's body, which doesn't seem evident in your picture. Your goby also doesn't look as elongated as a Stiphodon.
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Apr 20 2008, 08:11 PM
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Motorbike Riding Tattooed fish freak Group: Members Posts: 1518 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Bracknell Member No.: 39137 |
what is he then lol
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Apr 20 2008, 08:30 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 872 Joined: 23-May 06 From: New York, NY Member No.: 21519 |
*shrugs*
What common name was it sold to you as? |
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Apr 27 2008, 09:21 PM
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Motorbike Riding Tattooed fish freak Group: Members Posts: 1518 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Bracknell Member No.: 39137 |
pass?? lol
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May 9 2008, 06:34 PM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 9-May 08 From: Northampton, UK Member No.: 41799 |
QUOTE (Phoenixbaby @ Apr 27 2008, 10:21 PM)  pass?? lol Not to be rude, but At least try to be helpful... |
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May 9 2008, 06:39 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1127 Joined: 25-May 06 From: Wells, Somerset Member No.: 21593 |
Your unlikely to get a better ID than Stiphodon, there is very little species information and definitive photos available in literature and on the net.
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May 9 2008, 06:54 PM
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 EX-LFS Employee and single :) Group: Members Posts: 10788 Joined: 26-May 04 From: Kent, England. Age: Over 21! Member No.: 6418 |
try the gobioid research institute for help in IDing it
http://www.gobiidae.com/ |
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May 9 2008, 09:47 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1127 Joined: 25-May 06 From: Wells, Somerset Member No.: 21593 |
I dont suppose it was called a Red lightning goby was it? It looks identical to a species ive seen around being sold as that one.
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May 12 2008, 10:28 AM
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Research! Group: Members Posts: 2614 Joined: 18-July 05 Member No.: 14705 |
QUOTE (dizzied @ Apr 20 2008, 06:22 PM) Doesn't look like Stiphodon atropurpureus to me. Atropurpureus has a very defined line that runs down it's body, which doesn't seem evident in your picture. Your goby also doesn't look as elongated as a Stiphodon. The female does, the one above is a male. |
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May 12 2008, 04:32 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 872 Joined: 23-May 06 From: New York, NY Member No.: 21519 |
Still doesn't look like it to me. The colors aren't the same, and the pictured goby doesn't have the Stiphodon shape.
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May 13 2008, 08:09 PM
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Research! Group: Members Posts: 2614 Joined: 18-July 05 Member No.: 14705 |
Really?
 Here is a male Stiphodon atropurpureus. I bought some of these incorrectly ID'd, I spent a long time searching for an ID, this is definitely the closest I got. |
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