Fish ID and is this normal behavior?

[Yahdiel91]

Hello reefers, i have this goby which i was told is called a dragon goby but nothing shows up as dragon goby, only thing even close to it would be sleeper goby but even the colors don't match.. Can i get a ID on em?

Also I'd like to throw this in there but the goby does this thing where he looks likes he's going for a ride on top of the clown. Doesn't seem to bother the clown but just wanna make sure its not some territorial aggression reaction

 

[Yahdiel91]

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Could you get a pic of it under white light? It's a lot harder to ID accurately with the blues.

Edit: that said, does it look like the Head-Stripe Lagoon Goby/Freckled Goby, Amblygobius stethophthalmus?

 

[Yahdiel91]

Could you get a pic of it under white light? It's a lot harder to ID accurately with the blues.

Edit: that said, does it look like the Head-Stripe Lagoon Goby/Freckled Goby, Amblygobius stethophthalmus?

Woow yes it looks exactly like the head stripe lagoon goby!


This whole time i thought i had a dragon or sleeper goby ‍

 

[i cant think]

I would say a Valenciennea species is what you have but closer up it’s much more likely to be a Amblygobius stethophthalmus which is a species that is similar to the sleeper gobies however not of the same genus - these guys are another genus that sifts sand and gets the majority of their nutrients from the sand.