r/AnimalsBeingStrange • u/TheRealYagos69 • 1d ago

Other Australian man caught "sea monster" with no eyes and a mouth full of sharp teeth

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u/aoi_ito 1d ago edited 21h ago

That's a dragon goby, a really interesting fish. I have one of these guys as pet. They spent most of the day hiding behind rock structures or under the substrate. They are nocturnal. They only come out to eat when there is complete darkness.

Meet Kimyona !!

EDIT : I did some more research and found out the fish in OP's post is actually a worm goby and not a dragon goby, they don't have eyes. I am sorry for spreading misinformation :(

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u/DarkQueenQuinn 1d ago

Very beautiful little companion you have there.

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u/Anen-o-me 1d ago

How do they know when it's dark...

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u/cochlearist 22h ago

They've got really shitty eyes, but can tell light and dark.

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u/aTesticleWithTeeth 23h ago

This one might have been born with a defect. Most of the pictures I’ve seen of them they have eyes.

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u/aoi_ito 22h ago edited 21h ago

All dragon gobies has eyes, it's just that their visions are very poor. They can't see much. Their method of eating is that they gulp a mouthful of gravel and sort out the edible particles from the gravel, after that spit out the gravel. ( yeah, sorry for my English, my sentance making and Grammer is not good)

Edit : it's actually a worm goby, they don't have eyes. Sorry for spreading misinfo :(

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u/cochlearist 22h ago

He's probably closing them tight because of all the light.

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u/Surprisetrextoy 1d ago

I came here to ask this!

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u/aoi_ito 22h ago

I turn off the lights of his tank...

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u/Anen-o-me 22h ago

It doesn't have eyes.

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u/aoi_ito 21h ago

Edit : OP's fish actually a different species from mine. OP's one is a worm goby and mine one is a dragon goby. And yeah, worm gobies don't have eyes. Sorry for spreading mis info :(

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u/aoi_ito 22h ago edited 22h ago

What ? All dragon gobies have eyes. Its eyesights are very weak but it can detect light and darkness.

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u/Ratathosk 21h ago

They feel it in their loins.

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/NemertesMeros 22h ago

not relevant to this example, but some fish have parietal eyes as well. Lamprey have 2!

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u/aoi_ito 21h ago

It's a worm goby, they don't have eyes. I am sorry o spreaded mis info in my original comment. They look so similar to dragon gobies, it got me confused.

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u/SirMourningstar6six6 19h ago

Love the integrity! And that’s a cool fish, what do they eat?

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u/aoi_ito 18h ago

Thank you so much !! Oh, he's kind of a picky eater. He used to love eating diced tilapia fillets but now he loves diced prawn and shrimp. If I say his diet in general, I give him Hikari carnivores sinking pellets (for complete nutrition), spirulina and algae wafers( for calcium suppliment and digestive health), cultured blood worms and tubifex worms (he absolutely love them!! ) and shrimps and prawn occasionally(only on weekends). I also give him and my other fishes a day gap, I which I don't give them food to clear /empty their digestive tracts, it prevents from causing internal parasites and bloating.

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u/SirMourningstar6six6 18h ago

That’s awesome! How big is the enclosure of you don’t mind my asking. Sorry for all the questions lol

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u/aoi_ito 18h ago

No it's not a problem, I love answering questions lol . It's a 75 gallon long + shallow tank. In this tank only he and a small synodontis eupterus lives for now. You'll find him behind that big rock at the far behind, he rarely moves around from that spot,it took me a few minute to get that photo of him from the far behind corner. I had to squeeze my hand bettwen that small gap lol. Also I forgot to strim the roots of the floaters (pistae stratiotes), so it makes the tank a little messy at the moment.

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u/SirMourningstar6six6 18h ago

So since they don’t move much this is considered a large enclosure? I may be moving soon and may finally be able to afford my hobbies again and o always thought it would be cool to build a big tank that was self sustaining and this fish looks really cool.

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u/aoi_ito 17h ago

There's no such thing as large aquarium, bigger the better. Bigger the aquarium more stable will be the biological environment( stable nitrogen cycle) . small tanks are very hard to maintain on the other hand, they are very unstable in nature, one small mistake, and all your fishes are gone. All it takes a small mistake, like over feeding, over feeding will lead to ammonia spike in your tank boom, the biological equilibrium of your aquarium will crash down. Which will lead to ammonia burn on your fish and ultimately killing them. It can still happen in bigger aquariums but it can be brought to control with some water change and nitrogen cycle starter bacteria. The hobby of aquarium is actually very complex, idk why people take it so casually. They don't even bother doing some research on to give their fish a good life before buying from stores. They don't even know that one should not bring fishes just after setting the tank up. You should give the tank atleast 1 months for the formation of beneficial bacteria which are essential for sustaining life(and to Kick start nitrogen cycle) in the tank. If you want to get a fish tank first pls do all the research before getting one, don't make the mistake of not doing research and getting a fish tank like all the inexperienced fish keepers. It's a hard yet very rewarding hobby, once you got yourself in it you just can't go back lol. I started with 1 tank, now I have 12 haha 🤣

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u/SirMourningstar6six6 17h ago

Thank you for the info. I’m definitely not going to rich into it. I just love watching the videos of people building giant vivariums and such. So I’ve been thinking of things I would possibly consider including. I honestly don’t think this would be a good fit for what I’d be looking for. But it’s still really cool. At the moment all I know that I really want to include is some Halloween hissers. So a nocturnal aquatic animal would be great. But I’d definitely get my landscape and plants in first. I didn’t know you should let a tank run for a month before adding animals. I really do appreciate you taking the time to teach me about the goby and the tanks!

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u/aoi_ito 14h ago

It's okay, if you really love watching people make masterpieces with plants, wood rocks etc then r/aquascape would be best for you. People there are very skilled with their work. And you'd also able to learn a lot of new things about keeping fish too. I absolutely love that sub !!

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u/Realistic-Horror-425 18h ago

If you were spreading misinformation and not correcting it, you would have a bright future as a Fox News host.😀

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u/CFLegacy 23h ago

That's a beautiful animal you have there. I see some differences between your pet along with similar images online and OPs picture. Are they the same species? Looks like yours has eyes on top..

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u/aoi_ito 22h ago edited 21h ago

I mean all dragon gobies have eyes relatively on the top of the heads but in my case, it's the bad angle. When I took that Pic, he was slightly slanting toward the rock behind him which made him look like his eyes were on the top of the head lol.

Edit : you are right, OP's fish and mine fish is actually of different species. OP's one is a worm goby and mine is a dragon goby. Sorry I got confused between them two :(

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u/ferretoned 7h ago

Hey Kimyona :3

thanks for info, OP's beastie looked like a Goa'uld symbiote to me

(parasitic species who burrow themselves into a host's neck, wraps around the spinal column then takes control of their body and mind)

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u/Ibarra08 6h ago

Hi Kimyona 👋

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u/1esserknown 1d ago

Goa'uld

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u/No-Distance-9401 1d ago

Had to check the sub when I saw the pic 😂

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u/galacticturtles 1d ago

Indeed.

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u/Akhanyatin 22h ago

You say that lot

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u/joethahobo 18h ago

I had not noticed

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u/Surprisetrextoy 1d ago

Goddamnit. Take my upvote.

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u/Raider_3_Charlie 1d ago

That is a Gouald.

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u/Illustrious_Meet_137 1d ago

Thanks, I didn’t actually want to sleep tonight anyway.

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u/q_bitzz 23h ago

They're holding a false god.

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u/knottycams 22h ago

Dead false god.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 13h ago

All of your gods are false, here's some guns. Let's go kill 'em

Man I just love the inspirational idea behind sg1

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u/kiwi-kaiser 22h ago

Jaffa Kre!

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u/RabidActivist 17h ago

Do your eyes glow now?

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u/whiskersMeowFace 1d ago

That's a goby

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u/totse_losername 1d ago

Your mum gave me a goby

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u/kpk_soldiers274 1d ago

I got one too. She was an easy catch.

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u/SoloSurvivor889 1d ago

Enthusiastically

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u/whiskersMeowFace 1d ago

That was kind of her!

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u/DitchDigger330 20h ago

O no it's a Goa'uld

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u/Bubba1234562 18h ago

Mate, that's a Goa'uld

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u/RegularBlueberry7479 1d ago

Looks like the male equivalent of vagina dentata.

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u/Monkeydoos 1d ago

Australia it is.

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u/SwitchAdventurous24 7h ago

Jaffa, kree!

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u/Jacobs_Haus 1d ago

The dorsal fin being in the position it is leads me to believe that we're seeing the under side of whatever this is

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u/Maleficent-Box-1325 23h ago

Oh hell, no fucking Australians

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u/SpiritualCaramel7601 17h ago

'Australian man' is kinda unnecessary in this headline.

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u/Bisonfan1 15h ago

Maybe don’t touch

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u/lokeilou 9h ago

You think Australia is governed by like a whole different creator who secretly wanted to be a mad scientist?

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u/An0therL0stS0ul 8h ago

Australia ... Land (and Sea) of Nightmares!

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 1h ago

Looks cool. Would like that innmy fishtank.

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u/SergiouseMaximus 1d ago

Of course he did.