Meiacanthus oualanensis Canary Blenny, Canary fangblenny or Yellow Forktail

Meiacanthus oualanensis is commonly referred to as Canary Blenny, Canary fangblenny or Yellow Forktail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Scientific:: Meiacanthus oualanensis
German:: Gelber Schleimfisch
English:: Canary Blenny, Canary Fangblenny Or Yellow Forktail

Category:: Blennies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > oualanensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Günther, ), 1880

Occurrence:: Fiji, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 3 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Flakes, Zooplankton
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible 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 21:10:54
Last edit:: 2017-04-23 20:26:53

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Meiacanthus oualanensis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Meiacanthus oualanensis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Meiacanthus oualanensis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Meiacanthus oualanensis 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 oualanensis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Meiacanthus oualanensis. 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

(Günther, 1880)

This species is endemic on fidji. He is very territorial and agressive against smaller fish. Not easy to keep, might make problems with food.
Plagiotremus laudandus flavus looks very similar (mimikry). Plagiotremus will harm other fishes (eat their slime and skin).

Synonyms:
Meiacanthus ovalauensis (Günther, 1880)
Petroscirtes auratus Seale, 1936
Petroscirtes oualanensis Günther, 1880

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 oualanensis (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.
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

Benjamin
@Benjamin

am 18.06.07#1

Ich möchte hier mal etwas näher auf die Art Meiacathus eingehen , obwohl ich bis Heute leider nicht die Gelegenheit hatte einen Vertreter dieser auch vom Verhalten her absolut unterschiedlichen Schleimfischfamilie , zu pflegen . Der größte Unterschied ist erstmal die Schwimmweise , denn im Gegensatz zu den restlichen Schleimfischen besitzten Meiacanthusarten eine Schwimmblase , was Ihnen ermöglicht sich im Freiwasser dauerhaft zu bewegen . Außerdem haben diese Fische Giftzähne , die bei potentiellen Fraßfeinden bekannt und gefürchtet sind . Das ist auch der Hauptgrund warum sich Säbelzahnschleimfische , ganz ohne Scheu im Freiwasser , selbst in Gegenwart übler Räuber , sicher bewegen können . Dieser wohl vererbte Respekt der Raubfische gegen die Meiacanthiden , wird nun von einigen Nachahmern ausgenutzt , Die sich nun unbeachtet größeren Fischen nähern und Ihnen Hautstückchen und Schuppen stehlen , wovon Sie sich ernähren . Diese Art der Mimikry ist durchaus nicht einmalig , weil es in einen der großen Grabenseen Afrikas ( Tanganjika ) , ebenfalls Schuppenfresser gibt , die eine harmlose Buntbarschart nachahmen , um sich Ihren Opfern unentdeckt zu nähern .

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