Stiphodon ID

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shuwae
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Stiphodon ID

Post by shuwae » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:34 pm

I'm pretty sure it's a stiphodon but not sure which one. They're a lot bigger than the stiphodon percs I had. Any help in IDing is appreciated. They haven't been changing colors so I can't tell by that. Here is the photo of it (best one I could get):
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plaalye
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Re: Stiphodon ID

Post by plaalye » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:40 am

It is a stiphodon. Looks like the species(or group of sp.??) most commonly referred to as "rainbow sp."

shuwae
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Re: Stiphodon ID

Post by shuwae » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:33 pm

Yea, I thought so too. It was labeled as a 'marbled goby' at the store. Haha, hopefully it will show some of its colors soon to see if it is a 'rainbow'.

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Re: Stiphodon ID

Post by plaalye » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:56 pm

If you haven't already, have a look through odyssey's thread.

shuwae
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Re: Stiphodon ID

Post by shuwae » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:04 pm

Yes, from his thread and the information from seriouslyfish.com, it looks to be a 'rainbow'. Now, I just need to find females as I only have males right now :) .

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Re: Stiphodon ID

Post by Goby » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:15 am

Does anyone know a good resource for identification of Stiphodons? I really fancy getting some but know that they are often wrongly labelled in fish stores. I am especially interested in S. semoni.

Thanks

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