What kind of fish is this?

[ClayBishop]

 

[Pryzz]

That's a type of cleaner wrasse.

 

[Mrc8858]

That's a type of cleaner wrasse.

+1 I believe a blue neon cleaner wrasse to be a lil more exact

 

[Pryzz]

Haha, I should've known that. xD

 

[bettaowner]

Looks skiny. I would return him if I was you.

 

[ClayBishop]

The guy didn't know and was 5 dollars he is eating flake food I like how he sleeps in a hole of my rocks at night

 

[bettaowner]

Could it be a neon goby? They resemble cleaner wrasses and feed on commercial fish food.

 

[Pryzz]

I'm pretty confident it's a cleaner wrasse. Neon gobies have a short stumpy sorta snout.

 

[54seaweed]

looks like a wrasse to me

the engineer gobi I have looks kind of like a eel

 

[Pam is here]

Could it be a baby knife fish?

 

[obscurereef]

Those are for FW this is saltwater. I'm almost positive it's a cleaner wrasse. How is it doing? I heard they are hard to keep, but I guess your guy is an exception as he eats flakes...

 

[54seaweed]

WRASSE

NEON GOBI

ENGINEER GOBI

I'm still leaning towards the wrasse

 

[obscurereef]

Def. the wrasse. This isn't really about if it's a wrasse or a goby so hope you don't mind...but how do you know how to differentiate a cleaner wrasse and that other fake wrasse that looks just like it, but eats scales off of the fish or something. I'm sure there has to be some of those going around in the business.

 

[HN1]

I think it is an under-nourished neon goby. JMO based on fin shape. Skip the flake and feed it some mysis regardless of species.

 

[54seaweed]

Def. the wrasse. This isn't really about if it's a wrasse or a goby so hope you don't mind...but how do you know how to differentiate a cleaner wrasse and that other fake wrasse that looks just like it, but eats scales off of the fish or something. I'm sure there has to be some of those going around in the business.

the one pictured is a cleaner

haven't seen a look alike wrasse

 

[obscurereef]

Behold, the fake cleaner wrasse, pretty genius how they are very similar and get a snack by their appearance..sad also though.
Fake cleaner fish dons multiple disguises « Not Exactly Rocket Science

 

[bettaowner]

I honestly thought it was a neon goby because of its diet. Cleaner wrasses almost never eat prepared foods.

 

[bettaowner]

I have proof that it's a neon goby. The fish in question has a circular tail. The picture of a cleaner wrasse posted by 54seaweed, has a somewhat triangular tail. The fish's mouth is also not as pointed as a wrasse's mouth.

 

[Pryzz]

I have proof that it's a neon goby. The fish in question has a circular tail. The picture of a cleaner wrasse posted by 54seaweed, has a somewhat triangular tail. The fish's mouth is also not as pointed as a wrasse's mouth.

It's a cleaner wrasse. Neon goby eyes are half black half silver. This wrasse has mainly black eyes.

 

[Mrc8858]

The wrasse has black strip along the body that merges with the eye while the neon goby is the opposite and has the blue stripe running thru/touching the eye so I'm sticking with wrasse