Help with two IDs from Dominica

[vondo]

Hi, I've got a couple of things I can't ID from a recent trip to Dominica. The fish is underneath a rock and the quality of the photos is quite poor. Sorry. This was in the rubble near our hotel dock, probably 20 ft or so.

The crab is on a reef at probably 40-ish feet.

Thanks for any help,

Eric

 

[livi120]

Tough angles and details, so these are my best guesses: The Crab, due to dark tips on lateral spines and spines on inside "arms",: Black Point Sculling Crab. The fish because it is very small, "orangy" and in a crevice upside down: Rusty Goby.

 

[vondo]

I think rusty goby was my best guess too. Couldn't do any better on him. On the crab I was going for the artistic shot without a thought of how to ID later. Thanks!

 

[ryan115]

I would go with Rusty Goby as a best guess for the fish...
as for the crab I am going to go with Portus ordwayi the iridescent patch of the claw (seen in the second picture) is a distinguishing characteristic

 

[Sully3]

im not going to ID the crab, because i can't see the top of the carapace, but the fish looks like a red clingfish. 20 feet might be pushing their normal depth, but the eye ring, and the dots on the back half of the fish are consistent with red clingfish

 

[livi120]

I'm going to change my guess to Red Clingfish (didn't know that fish) but after looking it up, besides what Matt said above, even the slope of the face looks closer than a Goby.

 

[vondo]

I thought of the clingfish but the bands on the eyes aren't there (unless it's just that pale area).