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| I found this parasite on my Goldhead Sleeper Goby while watching my fish last night. Its not restricting his swimming and its not there anymore. Any ideas on what it is? 
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looks like a copepod but i dont think they usually go for fins...
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| Looks like a parasitic isopod to me. I can't really tell by the photo, but if you google it you could see if it is an isopod. Anyway, what fish is that? It looks cool!
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gold head sleeper goby. cool fish. and isopod is what i was thinking of.. not copepod.
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| If it is an isopod, it is probably sucking the fish's blood, so its good to get it off. I don't know if there is much blood on the tail, but I've read that the best way to get rid of them is with tweezers to pull them off.
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Maybe a fish louse? If you can catch it, it can be removed by a pair of tweezers. It migh jump off when you net it. Good luck.
Bambi Ghys
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| Keep us posted on how it goes.
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