What fish is this ?

Found inside the bottom of 3 Sisters in Crystal River, Florida. They said it's not a cat fish type.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cadiver/4955898771/

Thanks!

Dominic

Found inside the bottom of 3 Sisters in Crystal River, Florida. They said it's not a cat fish type.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cadiver/4955898771/

 

Thanks!

Dominic

It's a goby, maybe genus Dormitator, sleeper gobies. Do you have any other, lower angle photos? Check out www.fishbase.org .

Bryce

It's a goby, maybe genus Dormitator, sleeper gobies. Do you have any other, lower angle photos? Check out www.fishbase.org .

 

Bryce

Are you sure...thats one big ass goby! (pic taken with 10-17 FE) Looks more like a lizard fish with a fat lip.

Are you sure...thats one big ass goby! (pic taken with 10-17 FE) Looks more like a lizard fish with a fat lip.

I am sure it's a goby, but not the genus and species, I'm at work and I don't have time for a thorough diagnosis. I am equally sure that it isn't a species of lizardfish, please note the broad rounded head, the absence of visible teeth, the general body type is too robust and stocky and it was found in full strength freshwater. Yes it is a large goby, if it is a species of Dormitator it will reach 6-8" total length. Gobies are a very diverse group of fishes and have a wide variety of survival strategies. Gobies live in both fresh and saltwater and encompass the smallest vertebrate to the dragon or violet goby which grows to about 24" to mudskippers which spend a good deal of their lives out of the water, and some gobies even use their fused pelvic fins to climb waterfalls.

Bryce

I agree with Bryce, to me your fish looks like Gobiomorus dormitor, commonly known as the giant goby. It grows to about 2 feet and can weigh up to 4 pounds. Although not technically a goby (this guy is in the family Eleotridae and not Gobiidae, but both families are in the suborder Gobioidei), it is a close relative to gobies, hence the common name.

I am sure it's a goby, but not the genus and species, I'm at work and I don't have time for a thorough diagnosis. I am equally sure that it isn't a species of lizardfish, please note the broad rounded head, the absence of visible teeth, the general body type is too robust and stocky and it was found in full strength freshwater. Yes it is a large goby, if it is a species of Dormitator it will reach 6-8" total length. Gobies are a very diverse group of fishes and have a wide variety of survival strategies. Gobies live in both fresh and saltwater and encompass the smallest vertebrate to the dragon or violet goby which grows to about 24" to mudskippers which spend a good deal of their lives out of the water, and some gobies even use their fused pelvic fins to climb waterfalls.

 

Bryce

The lizardfish with a fat lip was a joke as I know they are saltwater fish BUT maybe a lizardfish and a big ass goby met in brackish water did the nasty and BHAM! Lizard Goby Fish was created???

On a more serious note I would like to know what it really is.....now get back to work!

Mike

I am sure it's a goby, but not the genus and species, I'm at work and I don't have time for a thorough diagnosis. I am equally sure that it isn't a species of lizardfish, please note the broad rounded head, the absence of visible teeth, the general body type is too robust and stocky and it was found in full strength freshwater. Yes it is a large goby, if it is a species of Dormitator it will reach 6-8" total length. Gobies are a very diverse group of fishes and have a wide variety of survival strategies. Gobies live in both fresh and saltwater and encompass the smallest vertebrate to the dragon or violet goby which grows to about 24" to mudskippers which spend a good deal of their lives out of the water, and some gobies even use their fused pelvic fins to climb waterfalls.

 

Bryce

This guy was at about 14 ft deep in the bottom inside 3 sisters and I was snookeling without weight. I am no free diver, that's the lowest angle I was able to get a non-blury shot. I Google a little bit and all those pictures came back don't look like the one I saw especially the mouth. It has a big upper lip. It's about 18 ~ 20 inchese long.