Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Enneanectes deloachorum Victor, 2013
The mouth is blunt and short, usually much smaller than the eye. The little blenny has spines in front of the eyes and around the nostrils. A short, elongated, blunt cirrus is located above the eye.
The body and head are brown, sometimes with reddish tints, especially on the head. The lower part of the head can be yellow. The iris has red radiant bars. There are 5 dark stripes on the body, with the 4th and 5th being much darker than the first 3. The 5th stripe is slightly darker than the 4th. The 5th stripe is sometimes narrower than the light space in front of it. On this space there are often additional dark stripes or spots.
The second dorsal fin has 3 round dark spots at the base and its outer edge is dark. The anal fin has 3-4 dark spots or is even sometimes completely black. The caudal fin has 2 dark bars separated by a narrow whitish bar, these dark bars are variously black, black with a red center, red or tawny. This striking section of the small blenny gives its name to the colloquial term "two-bar triplefin".
The small blenny grows to a maximum of 2.6 cm.
The species name "deloachorum" was given in honor of Ned and Anna Deloach, in recognition of their contributions to the art of underwater photography of coral reef animals, their development of very useful guides on reef organisms, and their exceptional camaraderie on the Dominica expedition.
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!
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
The mouth is blunt and short, usually much smaller than the eye. The little blenny has spines in front of the eyes and around the nostrils. A short, elongated, blunt cirrus is located above the eye.
The body and head are brown, sometimes with reddish tints, especially on the head. The lower part of the head can be yellow. The iris has red radiant bars. There are 5 dark stripes on the body, with the 4th and 5th being much darker than the first 3. The 5th stripe is slightly darker than the 4th. The 5th stripe is sometimes narrower than the light space in front of it. On this space there are often additional dark stripes or spots.
The second dorsal fin has 3 round dark spots at the base and its outer edge is dark. The anal fin has 3-4 dark spots or is even sometimes completely black. The caudal fin has 2 dark bars separated by a narrow whitish bar, these dark bars are variously black, black with a red center, red or tawny. This striking section of the small blenny gives its name to the colloquial term "two-bar triplefin".
The small blenny grows to a maximum of 2.6 cm.
The species name "deloachorum" was given in honor of Ned and Anna Deloach, in recognition of their contributions to the art of underwater photography of coral reef animals, their development of very useful guides on reef organisms, and their exceptional camaraderie on the Dominica expedition.
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!
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
