New Scorpionfish

[andywg]

Well, I saw this guy at the weekend and decided last night that despite my initial thoughts, I do have room for him somewhere, so I sent nina out to pick him up.

The shop had him labelled up as a "Pop-Eye Sea Goblin" but in a surprise turn of events had a scientific name for him: Inimicus filamentosus. I am not so sure. As you will see below he has some pretty cool antler-like growths from just behind the eyes that are lacking in any pictures I have seen of I. filamentosus. The closest match I can find would be Pteroidichthys amboinensis. Any scorpion experts have any ideas?

And as I am posting, here's the new frog again:

 

[chardonnay1000]

Wow cool fish..he looks like he would rip your arm off

 

[Gnatfish]

Now thats a cool fish!

Whats it feed on? Does it take dead food?

Its face does look like an arse though lol

 

[Nina]

Apparently he is feeding on brine shrimp and river shrimp.

He has been tried on some frozen marine mix but as he had only be in the tank for about an hour, he was stil settling in and didn't appear that interested in it at the moment.

 

[ox5477]

I agree that it looks like a Pteroidichthys amboinensis. I know nothing of these fish but I love how they look. Obv. a predator that sits in a algae covered rock crevace and waits for its prey to swim by and then snatches it. Would be cool to find a video of one of these guys in the wild.


EDIT: FYI: Looks like its a marine fish too so if your have him in fresh or brackish now then I would def start converting salinity in your tank to full marine ASAP. Don't know if you know this

Heres a cool viedo on google too: Cool!

It starts with your fav, the frog fish, shows alot of other cool fish, and ends with what you seem to have there; an Ambon Scorpionfish

 

[SandMan8388]

Wow, that movie just makes me wonder about all the species and animals we as humans have yet to discover. Great video, a lot of really unique species.

Andywg, is that new scorpion venomous?

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

So CUTE!!!

 

[2day]

What a weird looking fish! I remember when i went to my local fish shop, i saw this rainbow looking fish, that had legs like a frog. I can't remember the name, but it was salt water. How weird can fish be! Nice style but

 

[cane76]

very strange looking fish i like him
am i right in thinking it just sits there waiting for food to pass?does it swim around?

 

[ox5477]

very strange looking fish i like him
am i right in thinking it just sits there waiting for food to pass?does it swim around?

You can def tell from looking at it that its an ambush predator. Thats the reason for it looking like a peice of algae/plant covered rock. It prob waits in a crevice and at the sign of movement zips out and gobbles up a nice meal

 

[cane76]

it looks like it would have great camourflage in the right enviroment

 

[andywg]

very strange looking fish i like him
am i right in thinking it just sits there waiting for food to pass?does it swim around?

You can def tell from looking at it that its an ambush predator. Thats the reason for it looking like a peice of algae/plant covered rock. It prob waits in a crevice and at the sign of movement zips out and gobbles up a nice meal

While you are right in assuming this species just sits around and waits, it is not always that easy. Frogfish are masters of disguising themselves to look like their environment and even have lures to entice prey to them, yet are known to actively stalk and hunt down prey.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Yay! You got the bitty scorpion dude Bless, he's really very cute. I must say, I find the common name highly amusing

 

[Fella]

There is a pop-eye sea goblin in an LFS near to me, and he "walks" across the bottom of the tank. Very neat.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

boohoohoo... i don't have time or money to set up a nano salty for one of those... i love those little "antlers"--so cute!