Red Sea Broomtail Wrasse, cool fish
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Some google searches have lead me to...Are there any reasonably small flounder/flatfish type species? Under a foot long, maybe? I've seen juveniles at my LFS now and then, and I've even seen them stick onto the tank walls. I didn't know they could do that. I'm not sure by what mechanism they manage it, but they can definitely somehow paste themselves to a wall.
(I have no space in which to put any size of flatfish, but I figure a probably-not-super-active fish under a foot long is much more manageable than the food flounders I've seen. Particularly more manageable than the giant halibut they've got up in Alaska. Those guys get a good 8+ feet long, have seriously people by flopping around in boats and breaking important bones, have definitely killed at least one guy via said totally understandable thrashing, and can drag you into the water if you're handline fishing. The native people have special hooks that prevent fish over a certain size from biting, so they won't get hauled out of canoes. Not an aquarium fish!)
Oh, wow, that dwarf one is entirely reasonable for a lot of tanks! Heck, that's a nano fish. Thanks for telling me about this guy, I gotta remember they exist. I want a nano-ish macroalgae tank at some point in the future, and a teeny-tiny flounder would be perfect for that. The hogchoker isn't bad either. Funny-shaped fish, pretty reasonable size. Probably not /too/ hard to find for sale, I'd hope. The Hawaiian ones are probably a no-go as long as the Hawaii fish collection ban stands.- The Hawaiian dwarf flounder (Engyprosopon hawaiiensis) maxes out at... 3 inches! But they basically never enter the trade .
Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, MarineFishEZ, and Matsu Collections could probably supply some of these.
I would love to have the Hawaiian dwarf!- The Hawaiian dwarf flounder (Engyprosopon hawaiiensis) maxes out at... 3 inches! But they basically never enter the trade .
Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, MarineFishEZ, and Matsu Collections could probably supply some of these.
I believe you have a darker variant of the Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus). So cute! Does it have a name?I absolutely love the clinger I got some months ago. This thing was so strange in the LFS and super cheap $20 that I picked it up without even knowing what it was. I found very little info on this dude but he is so fat now. I only sew him from time to time as he hides in the back and comes out to eat or when he's chasing down pods.
Thanks for posting this! I was trying to remember the name of a fish I've been looking for after seeing a YT video featuring the inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay (the video might be related to the link you posted). It's the skilletfish. I was hoping to find one for my brackish tank but so far no luck (at least not where I am in Canada). These guys are awesome!I believe you have a darker variant of the Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus). So cute! Does it have a name?
Here are some good reads with information on this clingfish and the closely related Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus):
Gobiesox punctulatus "Stippled Clingfish" - MiniWaters.FISH
We are Not Plecos! Breeding Stippled Clingfish in Captivity
Aquarium Maintenance of the Skilletfish, by CAE Bergesen
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Tank
Fun fact: I have read on a few forums that these clingfish have managed to hitchhike within bags of live sand, alive!
The dude at the store said that this particular dude was bred in an area in Mexico near Veracruz (not sure how accurate or true that is) so my mom named it "jarocho" which is a name given to people who live in that area.I believe you have a darker variant of the Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus). So cute! Does it have a name?
Here are some good reads with information on this clingfish and the closely related Skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus):
Gobiesox punctulatus "Stippled Clingfish" - MiniWaters.FISH
We are Not Plecos! Breeding Stippled Clingfish in Captivity
Aquarium Maintenance of the Skilletfish, by CAE Bergesen
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Tank
Here are some images:
Darker Stippled clingfish
Lighter Stippled clingfish
Skilletfish
Fun fact: I have read on a few forums that these clingfish have managed to hitchhike within bags of live sand, alive!
I was hoping to find one for my brackish tank but so far no luck (at least not where I am in Canada). These guys are awesome!
Maybe the guys over here can help you with obtaining Skilletfish: Gulf Specimen Marine LaboratoryI actually want to add another one to my tank but man no one seems to know what they are or where to get them
A BIG thank you!! Getting one of these guys would make my year!! I'm going to check out GSML right now! I will also check out DD.Maybe the guys over here can help you with obtaining Skilletfish: Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory
I am not sure if they provide international shipping and their minimum order cost is $70, for animals only.
During the spring and summer months, loads of Stippled clingfish will also make their way onto Diver's Den on LiveAquaria, mislabeled as Arcos rubiginosus and called Caribbean black clingfish.
Accidental cast net finds or is there a way to purposely fish for tiny fish? I want a half inch Sheepshead so much.Not fish that are necessarily rare, but usually not in an aquarium. I kept these fish as juveniles in my 80 gal. and released them later. They were all caught at about 1/2" long or less. These are not my pictures - mine are film prints in a box somewhere.
Juvenile Cobia
Juvenile Short Bigeye - Live at depths of 600 ft. Mine was about 1/4 inch when I caught it. I had it for quite a while, but it died of, not surprisingly, an eye infection.
Juvenile Tripletail - mine was about 1/4 in.
It's a common aquarium fish, but I had to include this because they look so funny.
A baby pufferfish
When I was on research cruises, I would just dipnet in the Sargassum. Juvenile fish of many species live in there for protection and food, including some deep sea fish. Some fish and crabs spend their entire lives in the floating weed. It's amazing how many different things I caught. The best thing I saw was when a friend of mine caught a 2 inch juvenile sailfish.Accidental cast net finds or is there a way to purposely fish for tiny fish? I want a half inch Sheepshead so much.
Oh geez I should have tried that already if I was thinking right! Last week I was dragging a hook to harvest marcoalgaes. I'll be looking for some floating sargassum tomorrow on the Chesapeake!When I was on research cruises, I would just dipnet in the Sargassum. Juvenile fish of many species live in there for protection and food, including some deep sea fish. Some fish and crabs spend their entire lives in the floating weed. It's amazing how many different things I caught. The best thing I saw was when a friend of mine caught a 2 inch juvenile sailfish.
Nice! I had one of those. It was greatScrawled filefish. Eats me out of house and home