BF McUmber Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Good afternoon all, I went and got the last two neon blue gobies they had at the fish store. One in the bag looked kind of big to me. When I got home I looked closer and this one definitely looks and acts a little different than the other 5 I have. Is it just a big neon, or is it something else? Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne Brown Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 It's kind of hard to tell the stiphodon goby's apart. I had a rainbow one and it looked very similar to a lot of other types. @BF McUmber Do the others have any distinctive marking that would indicate this one being a different species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF McUmber Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/16/2021 at 2:49 PM, Dwayne Brown said: It's kind of hard to tell the stiphodon goby's apart. I had a rainbow one and it looked very similar to a lot of other types. @BF McUmber Do the others have any distinctive marking that would indicate this one being a different species. Thank you for the reply The size and behavior was one thing. It is larger and less timid. It reminded me more of my lipstick gobies than my neons. My neons would immediately hide. He just stayed out and was not eating to help his case. He had since eaten, and does eat in a similar manner to the neon. The biggest tell is the coloring though. All 5 of my other neons fairly closely match in appearance. The neons have longitudinal coloring and this one has vertical bars. The neons also have a colored band that goes around their head that he has not shown yet. It has not shown and hints of color yet. This one also has more colored fins and slightly differently colored fins. Finally this one has a bunch of spots behind its head which none of my neons have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne Brown Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) @BF McUmber After seeing your response I don't think its a neon goby. I know it's a goby just can't tell what type, hope this helps. Edited October 17, 2021 by Dwayne Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Could it be a Stiphodon palawanensis? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF McUmber Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/17/2021 at 12:28 AM, eatyourpeas said: Could it be a Stiphodon palawanensis? That looks like exactly what it is!! In a research paper it even has something resembling dots on its head, not as many as mine but believable. The fin structure they show in the paper more closely matches as well! Mine has not developed the coloring on the tips but maybe it will. Thank you! All in all they should play well with my neocaridina shrimp and neon gobies. It also seems like they are pretty rare, so that may be a lucky find for me. This is fun, now I have a goby that can get a name. I have not been able to find discernable differences with the neons to tell them apart. Thanks again, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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