ID help, please?

TikiBird · Jun 6, 2017

Sorry if I've got this in the wrong place on the forum!

I was browsing my LFS (I was good today, I didn't even buy anything!) and saw some cute critters that weren't identified. The staff was busy so I didn't want to pester them when I knew I wasn't going to buy anything today.

I saw these cute fish peeking out at me. Any idea what they are?

I also liked these corals, but I have no idea what they are:

ReeferMadness80G · Jun 7, 2017

Not real sure on the fish, hopefully someone else will chime in to help you with that. They look like some type of goby but I'm not sure. The coral however in order from top to bottom is Goniopora, clove polyps and then frogspawn on the bottom.

smh254 · Jun 7, 2017

Maybe horseface Blenny on the left and right. Midas Blenny in the middle.

Maritimer · Jun 7, 2017

ReeferMadness80G's dead on about the corals . . .

The two smaller fish in the barnacle shells (there's a clue!) are barnacle blennies. Social and cute, the barnacle shells are a perfect "condo" for them to live in. The one in the middle, as Smh254 noted, is a Midas blenny. They're a somewhat unusual blenny, as they spend a lot of time up in the water column, pretending they're an anthias.

~Bruce

TikiBird · Jun 7, 2017

ReeferMadness80G said:
Not real sure on the fish, hopefully someone else will chime in to help you with that. They look like some type of goby but I'm not sure. The coral however in order from top to bottom is Goniopora, clove polyps and then frogspawn on the bottom.

Awesome! Thank you!!

TikiBird · Jun 7, 2017

smh254 said:
Maybe horseface Blenny on the left and right. Midas Blenny in the middle.

Thank you!!

TikiBird · Jun 7, 2017

Maritimer said:
ReeferMadness80G's dead on about the corals . . .

The two smaller fish in the barnacle shells (there's a clue!) are barnacle blennies. Social and cute, the barnacle shells are a perfect "condo" for them to live in. The one in the middle, as Smh254 noted, is a Midas blenny. They're a somewhat unusual blenny, as they spend a lot of time up in the water column, pretending they're an anthias.

~Bruce

Awwww that's so cute! And so interesting!

Thanks!!