Dr. D. Ross Robertson, Panama
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Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1988
Very special thanks for the first two photos of Acanthemblemaria stephensi to Dr. Ross Robertson, Australia.
He has taken the photos at Malpelo Island, Colombia in the Eastern Pacific where the barnacle blenny lives reef-associated in empty barnacles and worm or mollusk tubes on rocky reefs in crevices and deep recesses in the rocks.
The blenny is considered to be locally common at Malpelo Island, the fish lives endemic here.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Acanthemblemaria (Genus) > Acanthemblemaria stephensi (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!
Very special thanks for the first two photos of Acanthemblemaria stephensi to Dr. Ross Robertson, Australia.
He has taken the photos at Malpelo Island, Colombia in the Eastern Pacific where the barnacle blenny lives reef-associated in empty barnacles and worm or mollusk tubes on rocky reefs in crevices and deep recesses in the rocks.
The blenny is considered to be locally common at Malpelo Island, the fish lives endemic here.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Acanthemblemaria (Genus) > Acanthemblemaria stephensi (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!
