Panda Goby

Mon, Apr 23rd, 2007 | Marine Life 3 Comments

panda goby Managed to get an ID on this goby from a friend. Turns out that the common name for this fish is a “blackfin coral goby” (Paragobiodon lacunicolus).

What a boring name. I don’t care, I’m still calling it a “panda goby”.

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3 Comments

Calvin Tang says:

24 Apr 07 at 06:30

That thing is cute and ugly at the same time. Great photo!
Chieko says:

24 Apr 07 at 19:06

we Japanese call it ‘Panda goby’. It’s named ‘Panda Daruma Haze’ in Japan. Haze means goby, Daruma means a kind of doll, and Panda means giant Panda.
ron silver says:

24 Apr 07 at 22:38

While I understand the ‘allure’ of common names, they can be created by anyone, anywhere, at anytime; they may well mean different things to different people; and cause untold confusion when trying to identify a specimen or trying to confirm that we are indeed talking about the same fish or crab or plant or frog, etc. The small amount of effort involved in learning the binomial nomenclature of a species is well worth it!