Meiacanthus kamoharai Kamohara Fang Blenny

Meiacanthus kamoharai is commonly referred to as Kamohara Fang Blenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 350 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Scientific:: Meiacanthus kamoharai
German:: Schleimfisch
English:: Kamohara Fang Blenny

Category:: Blennies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > kamoharai (Species)
Initial determination:: Tomiyama, 1956

Occurrence:: Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Brine Shrimps, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis, Zoobenthos
Tank:: 76.99 gal (~ 350L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Meiacanthus solomon
Säbelzahnschleimfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-02-22 09:09:00
Last edit:: 2017-04-23 20:21:35

Captive breeding / propagation

Meiacanthus kamoharai is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Meiacanthus kamoharai, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Meiacanthus kamoharai has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Meiacanthus kamoharai in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Meiacanthus kamoharai. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Meiacanthus kamoharai Tomiyama, 1956

Feed on algae and zooplankton.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > Meiacanthus kamoharai (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

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reefbuilders (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

Potschy
@Potschy

am 20.04.19#2

Halte diesen Fisch seit ca. 6 Stunden, muss aber bedauerlicher Weise sagen, dass meine Putzer-Lippfische beide nicht akzeptieren. Nicht nur das sie durch das gesamte Becken gejagt werden, sie werden auch regelrecht zerbissen. Somit muss ich leider sagen,, wunderschöne Tiere, aber nicht zu vergesellschaften mit Putzer-Lippfischen.

Ich vermute, die Form und Streifen des Meiacanthus kamoharai, trägt entschieden dazu bei, dass die Putzer-Lippfische so agressiv reagieren.

chris6020a
@chris6020a

am 29.08.16#1

Halte diesen Fisch nun seit ca. 3 Monaten in einem 300 Liter Aquarium mit entsprechend kleinem Besatz. Das Einsetzen (war schon ziemlich ausgewachsen) war völlig problemlos, die Pärchen Chrysiptera parasema und Amphiprion perideraion sind zackig angeschwommen, haben aber 5 cm vor ihm eine Vollbremsung gemacht und seitdem ist Ruhe, außer wenn er ihrem Laichplatz zu nahe kommt. Sogar der Ecsenius stigmatura ignoriert ihn.
Selbst ist er bisher sehr friedlich und belästigt auch keine niederen Tiere.
Er ging sofort ans Futter (Flocken, rote Mückenlarven, Artemia etc.) und zeigte sich immer im ganzen Becken, vor allem im Freiwasser, obwohl der Riffaufbau viel Struktur und Verstecke bietet. MIt Temperaturen um 27 Grad kommt er gut zurecht, auch Spitzen mit 29 Grad verändern sein Verhalten nicht.
Fazit: in meinem Becken mit kleinem, manchmal gar nicht so ruhigem Besatz eine absolute Bereicherung.

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