Alright, obviously this eel likes to be shy, but I have a pic of him and the markings are pretty much all the way to the head. Anyone tell me what type of eel he is?
need Help on ID of eel
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Do you have a picture of the head too? Its really easy to distinguish it once you see the shape of their head.
just by sheer commoness *is that a word?* i would have to venture a first guess at a tessilata or honeycomb eel... better pic and/or desription required
BIGgourami;1856679; said:
BIG that does not look like a tesselata at all
I would go with Pholidichthys leucotaenia (Engineer Goby) by general pattern and shape.
Im 100% positive that its a (Engineer Goby) Pholidichthys leucotaenia and not a Honeycomb moray. If you look at the two pics I provided below you can see that the Tessalata Moray's patterning does not match the patterning in the 1st post, but if you look at the Engineer Goby it is dead on.... Then comes general body structure of the fish in ?. The Moray has a more rounded shape with a higher frame opposed to the Goby which has a more flatter and thin frame to it.
Plus if you look closely in the original id pic you can see a caudal fin. I think Big G was reffering to the fact that many more people have a tessy than an engineer.idk i dont see a caudal fin (engineer gobies dont have one either) i see a pointed tail partially hidden by a small pebble
but upon futher examination (that first thing was just WAY out there) convict blenny/enginerr goby it does seem to be
but upon futher examination (that first thing was just WAY out there) convict blenny/enginerr goby it does seem to be
hey big your pic looks EXACTLY like my eel.. i didnt think engineers looked like that.. i will try to get a much better pic tonight, yesterday my girls were disturbing him and i didnt want to over stress him.
I just did a quick search of engineer goby, and wet media had pics of babys and one at my size. That is def what i thought an E Goby looks like, i had always seen them at baby stages. Thats pretty cool. Thanks everyone!