Can you help me identify this fish?

[FishAreMyHobby]

Hello everyone, I’m looking for some help identifying a fish I bought a little while ago and I hope this is the right thread. I believe when I bought the fish the store in which I got it had its scientific name written down on the tank and as you could imagine I cannot remember for the life of me what it was. After some extensive research I found the name of it when I first got it but haven’t been able to find it again. Attaching a picture of it now, it eats and preys upside down, mostly live guppies or frozen shrimp, and usually has the black bar running down the side of its yellow body, but sometimes changes patterns slightly depending on its mood. It’s about 4-5 inches and always uses its dorsal fins to anchor itself to the bottom or a structure in the tank. Thanks in advance!

 

[Rocky998]

Hello everyone, I’m looking for some help identifying a fish I bought a little while ago and I hope this is the right thread. I believe when I bought the fish the store in which I got it had its scientific name written down on the tank and as you could imagine I cannot remember for the life of me what it was. After some extensive research I found the name of it when I first got it but haven’t been able to find it again. Attaching a picture of it now, it eats and preys upside down, mostly live guppies or frozen shrimp, and usually has the black bar running down the side of its yellow body, but sometimes changes patterns slightly depending on its mood. It’s about 4-5 inches and always uses its dorsal fins to anchor itself to the bottom or a structure in the tank. Thanks in advance!

Looks to be an Otocinclus.

They need to be kept in large groups. Really cool little fish

 

[DoubleDutch]

Looks to be an Otocinclus.

They need to be kept in large groups. Really cool little fish

Sorry Rocky it isn't an Otocinclus

 

[Essjay]

It's not an oto if it preys on live guppies. But I have no idea what it is.

 

[Rocky998]

Sorry Rocky it isn't an Otocinclus

Really?... It looks a LOT like one lol. At least to me.

I could definitely be wrong though.

What do you think it is?

 

[Rocky998]

It's not an oto if it preys on live guppies. But I have no idea what it is.

Oh I missed that part about the live guppy feedings
Yah definitely NOT an Otocinclus

 

[DoubleDutch]

Crenicichla of some sort ? Mmm eyes are wrong.

 

[FishAreMyHobby]

Lol that’s what I was thinking to myself, definitely not an algae eater and much bigger than an oto

 

[Wills]

Is it a Butis Butis? AKA Crazy Fish

 

[FishAreMyHobby]

Is it a Butis Butis? AKA Crazy Fish

Sounds a lot like it description wise, but I can’t find a species that looks like mine.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Butis butis - The Crazy Fish

Crazy Fish (Butis butis)Butis Butis more commonly called The Crazy Fish is an interesting fish of the oddball variety. Also know under the names Upside-down Sleeper and Duckbill Sleeper they are a type of Sleeper Goby. Butis butis live in brackish waters in well vegetated areas often found in...

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[FishAreMyHobby]

Looks like that’s it, thanks for the help everyone!

 

[lnsaneM]

That's a really cool / funny expression on the pic you took

 

[Back in the fold]

Crenicichla of some sort ? Mmm eyes are wrong.

That was going to be my guess too but something isn't quite that.

 

[connorlindeman]

Could it be Gobiocichla ethelwynnae