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Plagiotremus phenax Imposter fangblenny

Plagiotremus phenax is commonly referred to as Imposter fangblenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Rickard Zerpe, Schweden

Imposter fangblenny (Plagiotremus phenax), 2018


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lexID:
5698 
AphiaID:
219336 
Scientific:
Plagiotremus phenax 
German:
Aggressiver Säbelzahn-Schleimfisch 
English:
Imposter Fangblenny 
Category:
Kvabber 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Plagiotremus (Genus) > phenax (Species) 
Initial determination:
Smith-Vaniz, 1976 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 
Sea depth:
1 - 10 Meter 
Size:
2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Parasitic, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-08-20 20:25:11 

Info

Smith-Vaniz, 1976

Mimics Meiacanthus smithi and nips at other fish skin.

Depth range 1 - 3 meters.

Better left in the wild!

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. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Ole Johann Brett (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Imposter fangblenny (Plagiotremus phenax), 2018
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copyright J.E. Randall, Hawaii
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copyright Ole Johann Brett, Norwegen
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