jonosfish Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Kidz found it in the bait trap mooloolah river thinking a blenny, any ideaz ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailchelsea Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Tigger blenny I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Do a search for (omobranchus anolius) it looks like one of them. If you can get a close up clear pic of it,maybe in your hand,can i use it for reference for them here in the south east? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonosfish Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Do a search for (omobranchus anolius) it looks like one of them.If you can get a close up clear pic of it,maybe in your hand,can i use it for reference for them here in the south east? liqidg when taken outta water the dorzal fin clampz down hard to foto.. dorzal fin runz full lenth of body & haz big bony growth top of head, do u want it ? have not releazed it yet but wont go any good in any of my tankz... anyone local got a brackizh/marine tank 2 keep it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin. Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 they live in pairs.. you should put it back where you found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 liqidg when taken outta water the dorzal fin clampz down hard to foto.. dorzal fin runz full lenth of body & haz big bony growth top of head, do u want it ? have not releazed it yet but wont go any good in any of my tankz... anyone local got a brackizh/marine tank 2 keep it ?? No worries mate,no thanks I have three in my tank already. The pronounced fin shape on its head means it is a male. Mine were quite juvenile when I caught them; yours has some nice adult colours. Two females and one male in my tank, he’s a happy boy,lol. Oh and a ring in of a colour that’s no where to be found in books,its weird one,same shape totally,no similarity in colours though, it has a pitch black head??. I f you can chuck it back in some where on the shore line with some cover,cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 looks like an adult male oyster blenny in stress colours Oyster Blenny, Omobranchus anolius - Australian Museum but yea what liquidG said lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Some years back on the big auz reef forum a user was wondering about a fish, I replied in that thread the best I could being that I was very bad at using a computer then, that is was a oyster blenny, from my old grants book on fishes, they shot it down saying that’s a load of -----it’s a peacock blenny, that’s the only reason I don’t say oyster blenny any more, because its not trendy and they set all the silly trends in this country on marines. I would take our two daughters with us when I would go to one of the families fav sites in 2 to 5 feet of water chokers with oysters down south where there used to be a massive colony of them, hundreds of young males all vying for control and I would catch some for lion fish food and just watch them as well. The girls loved them and hated how I used them as fish food. They live like magpie birds and marine anthias,the odd ones out are waiting to form a harem or to take over a males area, these would wait in no mans land a little ways away, like magpies with no territory yet on the edge of a couples territory. Like anthias a male will take on many females as his harem, the most I have seen on one rock with one male in control is 7 females. I have had so much to do with these little fish over many years it not funny, but you can’t be right, not there. This is just one of hundreds of issues I have with that site. They are to smart for me,lol. You could just drop it off at a marine aquarium store and except nothing for it,i would hope that is not ilegal! Edited July 2, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yea I used to catch them in the ballina river when I was 7 years old! At low tide their would usually be a pair under each oyster covered rock stranded in the mud. beautiful fish at their best just incredible colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonosfish Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 put it back where it came from a few hourz after checkin it out, cool little thingz. Hav a good 1, over n out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
