Loach/goby, Id Please Now With Photos

[doresy]

Long, thin body of about 40-50mm. Very dark in colour. Group of 3 fins all along back. Has a sucker as well as mouth. Short barbels. Stays mainly on the bottom but will climb. Swims in short bursts then immediately settles. Burrows in sand under rocks at night.

They are Gobies right?

Here's some photos of a couple of them

 

[loachman]

Without a photo, your best bet is to try THIS

 

[nosoup4you]

I can't think of any loach that has three dorsal fins...are you sure it is a loach?

 

[helterskelter]

have a look at some darters they may be what your looking for as they have a double dorsal at least.

 

[flash22]

sounds like a baby kuhli (coolie) loach to me there 20-30 different types varying colours and markings too

[URL="http/www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-kuhlii"]http/www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-kuhlii[/URL]

 

[doresy]

Photos now in OP. Thanks for looking

 

[flash22]

looks like a common goby

[URL="http/www.glaucus.org.uk/CGoby.htm"]http/www.glaucus.org.uk/CGoby.htm[/URL]

 

[three-fingers]

Possibly Stiphodon gobies?
No idea which species.

Whatever they are, great find!

 

[helterskelter]

WoW now thats what i call a nice goby!!!!!!!

It defo look's like a Stiphodon
may be Stiphodon atropurpureu but their are 30 species to look at.

 

[loachman]

Stiphodon looks right. Definitely no loach.

 

[doresy]

Hey thanks guys Yes I agree it's a Stiphodon atropurpureus for sure. Looks like I have a male and two females. Picked them up from a fellow member of these forums who has moved to marine.

They are absalutely great fish and I would thoroughly recommend them to spark up the substrate