A Goby By Any Other Name?

  Several years ago, I caught a rather weird looking fish in the net.  Growing up, I had been told this was a certain type of fish and I never questioned it.  But now, it is a different story.  I question things. I found out that some fifty years of calling the fish a Cigarfish was naught but folly.  This was no Cigarfish.  My "expert" fish identifier informed me that this was a Goby.  Yes!  Ok, so what is a Goby?  I pondered the fact.  This expert went so far as to label the fish as a "Violet Goby".  Ok.   Pretty name for a rather nondescript fish if it was supposed to be violet.  Still, I took his word for it since he was my "expert".  Then a kind reader was so gracious about correcting the name for me.  The reader informed me that my critter was, indeed, a Goby but not of the violet sort.  My Goby friend was a Highfin Goby.  Wow!  The reader also explained a bit about how Highfin Gobies range from the Alabama Coast all the way to Brazil.  Needless to say, I was thrilled with the information.  I can proudly say that I know the name of the fishy!

  Now another Goby has made an appearance via the net.  This one did its duty and stayed rather motionless for me while I snapped a few photos.  I was even able to get a nice closeup of its face.  What a cutie!  Sort of...if you like weird fish faces. I do.  Fish and other critters fascinate me so I think they are all rather cute....in a critter sort of way.

  I am supposing that this is another of the same sort of Goby...a Highfin Goby.  I may have been calling it by the wrong name for years and years but at least now I know it is a Goby. After a few photographs, my new found friend was slipped back into the water.  Swim, Little Goby, swim!  You are free!  Thank you for visiting!