Meiacanthus grammistes Striped Poison-fang Blenny, Striped fangblenny

Meiacanthus grammistes is commonly referred to as Striped Poison-fang Blenny, Striped fangblenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Scientific:: Meiacanthus grammistes
German:: Zebra-Schleimfisch
English:: Striped Poison-fang Blenny, Striped Fangblenny

Category:: Blennies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > grammistes (Species)
Initial determination:: (Valenciennes, ), 1836

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Alor, Australia, Bali, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, The Bangai Archipelago, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 4.33" (11 cm)
Temperature:: 79.52 °F - 29.3, °F (26.4°C - 29.3,°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Krill, Mysis
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Average
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:: 2004-08-20 21:02:05
Last edit:: 2022-10-23 13:38:49

Captive breeding / propagation

Meiacanthus grammistes is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Meiacanthus grammistes, 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 grammistes 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 grammistes in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Meiacanthus grammistes. 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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

(Valenciennes, 1836)

This blenny is easy to keep, he gets used to tank life very quickly. Needs many hiding places and a alternating diet.

Synonym:
Blennechis grammistes Valenciennes, 1836

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blennioidei (Suborder) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > Meiacanthus grammistes (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.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Stockliste

Aqzeno - von Wussow Importe GmbH

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Pictures

Commonly

Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes),2017

Dreistreifen-Säbelzahnschleimfisch, Meiacanthus grammistes

Husbandry know-how of owners

robby
@robby

am 13.05.09#1

Habe vor ca. 4 Wochen zwei dieser schönen Fische bekommen, wobei einer leider kurz danach gestorben ist. Das Nachsetzen eines zweiten ca. 1 Woche später war leider nicht erfolgreich, da dieser vom ersten Fisch verjagt wurde und ich ihn nur seit 2 Wochen auch nicht mehr gesehen habe.
Sonst ist er ein einfach zu pflegender Fisch und macht auch optisch schon etwas her. Er ist gleich an Futter gegangen, sowohl Frost- als auch Flockenfutter. Nur Granulat hat er bisher noch nicht gefressen. Er schwimmt immer frei im Becken herum und hat sich als Schlafplatz, obwohl genügend Plätze im Aufbau vorhanden wären, meinen im Becken hängenden Scheibenreiniger gesucht, hier sitzt er immer zwischen dem Magneten und dem Kontaktpunkt der Klinge.

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