Violet goby???

DreamCatcher87 · 11-19-2007, 08:34 AM

Okay, i was out yesterday at a boat launch down in biloxi mississippi throwing a cast net...i caught this fish that appears to be a violet goby...except it appears to have two dorsal fins and one sticks up like a sailfin goby's would...also the tail is long and rounded at the end...is this a violet goby??? i thought they were brackish water fish not saltwater....

Ice · 11-19-2007, 08:57 AM

Can you post a pic ?

**Osiris** · 11-19-2007, 11:15 AM

Pics would help...

leveldrummer · 11-19-2007, 08:28 PM

many times brackish fish will venture a little into the saltier water and into the fresher water,

**Osiris** · 11-19-2007, 08:57 PM

Its like us going to Tijuana for a good time

Ice · 11-20-2007, 07:41 AM

Roflmao !!!

wetpetshawaii · 11-30-2007, 04:57 AM

can you post pics??

**TheOldSalt** · 12-01-2007, 07:45 AM

Mississippi coast is a perfect place to catch violet/dragon gobies, and since very precious little else even comes close to looking like one, I'd have to assume that that's what Dreamcatcher caught.

Daeorn · 12-11-2007, 11:19 PM

They do sometimes venture out into open ocean, as they are able to take varying levels of salt due to their normal brackish environment.

Heck, if you still have it, you can always send it to me

**TheOldSalt** · 12-12-2007, 12:30 AM

There's a sleeper goby in the same area which sounds even more like this specimen, now that I think about it.

11-19-2007, 08:34 AM	#1
DreamCatcher87 Llewellynn Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Biloxi, Mississippi Age: 21 Posts: 30	Violet goby??? Okay, i was out yesterday at a boat launch down in biloxi mississippi throwing a cast net...i caught this fish that appears to be a violet goby...except it appears to have two dorsal fins and one sticks up like a sailfin goby's would...also the tail is long and rounded at the end...is this a violet goby??? i thought they were brackish water fish not saltwater....

11-19-2007, 11:15 AM	#3
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	Pics would help... __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

11-19-2007, 08:28 PM	#4
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	many times brackish fish will venture a little into the saltier water and into the fresher water, __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

11-19-2007, 08:57 PM	#5
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	Its like us going to Tijuana for a good time __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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11-19-2007, 08:57 AM	#2
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 531	Can you post a pic ?

11-20-2007, 07:41 AM	#6
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 531	Roflmao !!!

11-30-2007, 04:57 AM	#7
wetpetshawaii fin-addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 74	can you post pics??

12-01-2007, 07:45 AM	#8
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,354	Mississippi coast is a perfect place to catch violet/dragon gobies, and since very precious little else even comes close to looking like one, I'd have to assume that that's what Dreamcatcher caught.

12-11-2007, 11:19 PM	#9
Daeorn Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 78	They do sometimes venture out into open ocean, as they are able to take varying levels of salt due to their normal brackish environment. Heck, if you still have it, you can always send it to me

12-12-2007, 12:30 AM	#10
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,354	There's a sleeper goby in the same area which sounds even more like this specimen, now that I think about it.

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