Salt Pond ID

I know their aren't many salt native keepers on here but can someone take a stab at this?

caught on the south coast of RI in a Salt Pond





and i researched this fish as well...i think its a naked goby...can someone confirm or deny?

not the best pic.

thanks

Edited by bumpylemon, 06 August 2010 - 07:00 PM.

you should have stuck your finger in its mouth; excellent character awaits! That's how the family got its name, eh? ("Snap! Ow!" or should it be "Ow!" [snap!]?) It's hard to be 100% sure on the goby from your photo; seaboards are a little more slender, but...


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Edited by daveneely, 06 August 2010 - 08:47 PM.

you should have stuck your finger in its mouth; excellent character awaits! That's how the family got its name, eh? ("Snap! Ow!" or should it be "Ow!" [snap!]?) It's hard to be 100% sure on the goby from your photo; seaboards are a little more slender, but...


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ahh a snapper? lol. do you know the latin name? my fingers def werent going in that things mouth haha.


Lutjanus analis--Mutton Snapper?

Edited by bumpylemon, 06 August 2010 - 09:07 PM.

The juvenile snappers (and wrasses) usually look very different from the adults, but some decent guides exist.

Most snappers have that blue line below the eye as juveniles and are hard to distinguish at the size of yours, other good possibilities are apodus and griseus

seaboard gobies usually have a row of dark spots or dashes along the lateral line, while naked gobies do not
http://www.gobiidae....a_ginsburgi.htm
http://www.gobiidae....iosoma_bosc.htm

Marcus

Most snappers have that blue line below the eye as juveniles and are hard to distinguish at the size of yours, other good possibilities are apodus and griseus

seaboard gobies usually have a row of dark spots or dashes along the lateral line, while naked gobies do not
http://www.gobiidae....a_ginsburgi.htm
http://www.gobiidae....iosoma_bosc.htm

Marcus

i def think its a naked goby. cool.

i think i was wrong in thinking it was a naked goby. i def think its a seaboard goby. i got a better picture of him today and i could see dots just below the lateral line.

gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus and naked goby, G. bosc. the pale vertical lines in the seaboard tend to have a dumb-bell shape plus very distinct lateral dashes and 2 scales on the caudal peduncle which you might be able to see if you have good eyes.

I will attach a goby pdf in scientific discussion section

Edited by fritz, 12 August 2010 - 12:12 PM.