Blennie ID

Shot this today, this little fish was almost 'invisible' and it was completely unafraid, just sat and waved it's fin around.

Unfortunately I do not have a super duper macro capability so these are the best pictures that I could get. It was approx 2 cm long, almost transparent.

At first I thought that it might be a Red Banner Blenny female juvenile (we have a lot of these blennies in St. Vincent), but the shape of the dorsal and the coloration do not match, also the mouth is very 'dragonette' in shape.

I'm thinking Spikefin Blennie - Emblemariopsis signfera?

Thanks again!

Kay

Indigo Dive, St. Vincent.

Thats a triple fin goby I think.

Cor

Yes I think it's a juvi triple fin to.

Shot this today, this little fish was almost 'invisible' and it was completely unafraid, just sat and waved it's fin around.

 

Unfortunately I do not have a super duper macro capability so these are the best pictures that I could get. It was approx 2 cm long, almost transparent.

 

At first I thought that it might be a Red Banner Blenny female juvenile (we have a lot of these blennies in St. Vincent), but the shape of the dorsal and the coloration do not match, also the mouth is very 'dragonette' in shape.

 

I'm thinking Spikefin Blennie - Emblemariopsis signfera?

 

Thanks again!

 

Kay

Indigo Dive, St. Vincent.

Hi Kay;

You're close. Since it has orbital cirri and an elevated front dorsal fin, it's either an E. occidentalis (redspine blenny) or an E. signifera (flagfin blenny). Can't tell which for sure. Both are well documented in our (ReefNet's) DVD field guide.

Les Wilk

haha, Les I should have checked, I do have like 15 DVD's from you!