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FAQs on the Algae Eating Blennies Identification Related Articles:
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Name this fish? :)
WWM Group-
We bought a fish at the LFS quite a while ago, we'd never seen the
type before but decided to give it a try. The owner didn't know the name, he
thought it was a blenny of some sort, and had put one in his tank successfully.
We called him the Blue Dragon Blenny. He disappeared recently and we want
to get another one. He had quite a personality. He was a grayish-blue with
antennas, he looks similar to the Black Sailfin Blenny picture on flying fish express.
He was about 4 inches long but we don't know if he was an adult. He perched,
often pushing our hawk out of his favorite spots, he was also quite the algae eater.
We know this is probably a lost cause but thanks for anything at all.
<Hopefully this is one of the several hundred possible blennies that is commonly collected. I'll
guess it's an Atrosalarias fuscus (come in different colors). Please see on our root web here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/trublennies.htm Is this the animal? Bob Fenner>
Thanks-
Elaine
Name that Blenny!
What are some of the common names associated with Atrosalarias to help me locate them in my LFS?
>>
Hmm, Highfin Blenny... Brown or Coral Blenny... many other common names possible... Take a look at FishBase for pix, species... exp. A. fuscus.
Bob Fenner
Salarias ceramensis, range extension
Dear Sir,
With reference to page
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/../trublennies.htm
I photographed Salarias ceramensis at a depth of 10m between "Pam's
Point"
and "Heron Bommie" off Heron Island on 10th Oct 2003.
Your web page photograph in an aquarium and does not
mention the range in
GBR. With my find, the range has been extended.
Below is a series of emails between me and The Australian Museum, National
Museum of Natural History in Washington and Paul Humann.
At the bottom are a couple of the photographs. I would be happy for you to
update your website with these and the new information providing of course
you correctly credit the photography and identification.
Kind Regards
Brian Mayes
<Will post. Thank you for sending this along. Bob Fenner>
Hi Brian,
I just saw your forwarded email from Vic Springer further down in my
inbox. I'm delighted that Vic confirmed the identification as S. ceramensis.
I will go ahead and add your image to the current webpage and update the
description of the fish in the text.
Yes, the fish is a range extension! Well done. I will mention this on
the webpage.
I'll email you when this is done.
Thanks heaps, your image will really improve the page.
Cheers,
Mark McGrouther
Collection Manager
Australian Museum
Fish Section
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
Dear Mr. Mayes,
I concur with Paul Humann that the specimen is Salarias ceramensis, and
possibly represents a southern range extension for the species, if it came
from the Heron Island area (I would have to do a lot of checking in order
to
verify if it is a range extension). The photo of the specimen illustrated
at
the web site you mentioned was taken several thousand kilometers from
where
you photographed your specimen. The color pattern of your specimen is more
typical of the species. Blennies often modify their color pattern to
accord
with their "emotional" state, frequently becoming dark or pale
when
stressed, which might account for the dark pattern of the web-site
specimen.
Thank you for calling the specimen to my attention.
Sincerely,
Victor G. Springer
Curator, Senior Scientist
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
National Museum of Natural History - MRC-159
Washington, DC 20013-7012
USA
email: XXXX@nmnh.si.edu
Dear Sirs,
I contacted the author Paul Humann about a blenny I photographed off Heron
Island. He advises it to be Salarias ceramensis.
I found your names credited with the identification of a photo
of Salarias
ceramensis on the Australian Museum website at page
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/sceramensis.htm
.
The description and photo on the web site doesn't tie up with my photos
below.
I wondered if you agreed with Paul Humann that my photo is indeed Salarias
ceramensis and if this is the case and mine is a variant, then would you
like a photograph
Kind Regards
Brian Mayes
Subject: Re: Fish Ident.
Hi Brian,
I've checked with a couple of people and your mystery blenny is probably
Salarias ceramensis, sorry but there appears to be no common name.
Best "fishes, " Paul
Dear Paul,
I wonder if I could ask you for some help. I have been trying to identify
a
fish
I photographed on a dive off Heron Island, GBR, Australia. It seems like
a type of Blenny but I can't seem to find it in "Fishes of the Great
Barrier Reef and Coral Sea", by John E. Randall, Gerald R. Allen and
Roger C. Steene. Do you have an email address for any of the authors?
Better still can you identify it?
Photographed at a depth of 10m between "Pam's Point" and
"Heron Bommie" off
Heron Island on 10th Oct 2003.
Kind Regards
Brian Mayes |
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Salarias ceramensis
Bob,
I have checked your site again but didn't see anything posted. Is your site interested about range extension for Salarias ceramensis?
I can let you have a photo taken at Heron Island in natural surroundings if
you are.
Kind Regards
Brian Mayes
<No pic needed if you don't want to have it posted, credited to you. Would
however send your range extension information to fishbase.org. Look up the
species and click on the... oh, wait, I see you already have. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=7749&genusname=Salarias&speciesname=ceramensis
Bob Fenner>
Re: Check ID/Feeding of your "Sailfin" Blenny, Before Purchasing -
03/12/07
<Hi Lance, Pufferpunk here>
I'm confused - I was under the impression that this was an algae eater, hence
the name (lawn mower), it eats algae of the glass and rocks yet your suggestion
is that it only eats "whole-animal foods" so what is it that I did not research
before my purchase? Is this not an algae eater?
<In reference to your previous question about your "Sailfin" blenny: The
"lawnmower" blenny is not the same creature as a "Sailfin" blenny. 2 totally
different species that eat 2 totally different foods. We can't give you the
correct info, without proper ID. ~PP> <<Mmm, many Blennies... and
some other families fishes that are mis-called such have "Sailfins"... elevated
dorsals... THE Leopard Sailfin Blenny,
Exallias brevis
is an obligate corallivore... RMF>
Lance
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