Fish ID?

[DontXtripNfall]

I went with my friend to his country house in PA and a local petstore just got a shipment and were putting in this guy as we arrived.. they said it was the first time they got this fish... they said its called daffodil.. Anyone know the proper name?

 

[prattreef]

Hard to tell, but perhaps some type of Brotula?

 

[Mr.First]

Don't know the name, but put that fish in a tank with rock and you will never see it.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Hard to tell, but perhaps some type of Brotula?

Thanks Randy, Its fins move like a knifefish and it has two whisker like parts that make it look like a lungfish near its head... IDK if that helps

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Don't know the name, but put that fish in a tank with rock and you will never see it.

There were a few rocks in the tank actually and it stayed by the glass for the most part.. never rlly went near the rocks

 

[lfsmarineguy]

If the pectoral "fins" were long and tubular and less like "fins" it sounds like it is a yellow Brotula like Randy said. Cave dwellers, and as far as I know a less than satisfactory record in captivity. BTW the only Daffodil I know of is the african cichlid.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

I found info by messing with brutula in google - It also goes by Yellow eel goby, and Brotulina Fusca... There isn't very much info on them but so far I've read there are types that live in caves and some that live around reefs, they seem to have a bad appetite also.. Thanks everyone i'll do my research now!