Anybody know what fish this is?

[BringingThatDottyback]

Saw this at a store. Employee helping me didn't know what it was and it wasn't listed on the fish labels for the tank. I thought it swam like a chalk bass but that may have been my mind playing tricks on just because there was several chalk bass in the same tank.

 

[JXNATC]

Looks like a Blenny of some type to my untrained, aging eyes.

 

[polyppal]

Chalk bass

 

[Mike1970]

blenny

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

My first thought was a blenny of some kind, but it could potentially be a lantern bass.

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

My first thought was a blenny of some kind, but it could potentially be a lantern bass.

I actually have a lantern basslet and I don't think the colors are similiar. I do think it looked more like some kind of basset then a blenny.

 

[Bear Claw]

A benny of some kind, maybe a lawnmower

 

[Shooter6]

Saw this at a store. Employee helping me didn't know what it was and it wasn't listed on the fish labels for the tank. I thought it swam like a chalk bass but that may have been my mind playing tricks on just because there was several chalk bass in the same tank.

Look up sailfin gobies or blennies. I believe you will find similar if not the same exact coloration in one of those

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I actually have a lantern basslet and I don't think the colors are similiar. I do think it looked more like some kind of basset then a blenny.

Ah. I was looking more at the pattern than the colors. That said, I really don’t think it’s a blenny (or at least not a sailfin blenny) as it doesn’t seem to have the “eyebrows” that most sailfin blennies have. I could be wrong though.

 

[Brucealmighty]

Looks similar to a mandarin to me

 

[Tamberav]

Doesn’t look like a blenny at all this me.

It looks like some sort of basslet.

 

[nereefpat]

Possibly tobacco basslet, which would be a chalk bass relative.

We could use a better pic however. I know it's tough when the fish is stressed out.

 

[Sharkbait19]

The fins and body definitely suggest a type of basslet.
I would have said tobacco or lantern.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Following. Curious as well
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[BringingThatDottyback]

Possibly tobacco basslet, which would be a chalk bass relative.

We could use a better pic however. I know it's tough when the fish is stressed out.

I think that the closest match so far. I was just looking at a few pictures of tobacco basslets and while the colors are different it's similar. I wish I could have gotten more pics but it hid after I took this one. I'm just getting more and more curious now because nobody has identified it and its so cool looking. I love the mottled pattern it has.

 

[i cant think]

I’d highly doubt it’s a Blenny of some sort - It’s body seems to be too tall and not compressed enough unlike the other blennies. It also has a very short body compared to the height, I’d say either a basslet or a goby.

 

[WorkingHands]

Lantern Basslet

 

[bnord]

what was it doing? perched on the bottom, or resting? - too much snout for a blenny - not a flathead perch, a basslet, but what species..

did you buy it? I would have - smile

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

If it was with chalk basslets and royal gramma, good chance it's another Caribbean species, but I haven't seen this one before. Some type of saddle Blenny is my guess

 

[Spare time]

Looks like a Carribean blenny