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Elacatinus phthirophagus Noronha cleaner goby

Elacatinus phthirophagus is commonly referred to as Noronha cleaner goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profile

lexID:
10712 
AphiaID:
398635 
Scientific:
Elacatinus phthirophagus 
German:
Putzergrundel 
English:
Noronha Cleaner Goby 
Category:
Gobies 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Elacatinus (Genus) > phthirophagus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Sazima, Carvalho-Filho & Sazima, 2008 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Brazil, Endemic species, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
3 - 18 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,5cm - 3,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-05-15 11:48:13 

Info

Sazima, Carvalho-Filho & Sazima, 2008

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Elacatinus (Genus) > Elacatinus phthirophagus (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Erstbeschreibung von Elacatinus phthirophagus (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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