ID Please

[Tautog]

local gobie? Please I'd this local NY fish. Middle of pic, foreground.

 

[cameronh]

local gobie? Please I'd this local NY fish. Middle of pic, foreground.

I'm unsure of the name, but yes its a goby and we have the same down here in GA. I have one in my reef tank

 

[ChiCity]

There are literally thousands of different gobies.
Whichever that is, looks to be one that will stay smaller than 2"

 

[Chasmodes]

Not sure if you ever ID'd this goby, but it is probably either a naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc) or a seaboard goby (Gobiosoma ginsburgi). They look very similar. Naked gobies are more common in shallow water where you probably were collecting. I catch 100 naked gobies to 1 seaboard goby (I've caught 2 of them). My guess is that your fish if it survived since then is an adult now, and much easier to ID.

By the way, I meant to ask you in my other post, how are your pipefish doing now?