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FAQs on the Algae Eating Blennies Identification
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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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