Keoki & Yuko Okano Stender, Hawaii
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Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956)
Plagiotremus goslinei is commonly found in shallow reefs with swells where it lives in snail tubes of vertebrates.
This species is a reef dweller that is found in shallow waters up to about 15 meters.
It often hovers above the reef, swimming like a cleaner wrasse and attracting unwary fish to be bitten, with sharp incisors designed to bite off a piece of flesh.
Endemic to Hawaiii, the fish is replaced in the Indo-Pacific by Plagiotremus tapeinosoma.
As studies of the stomachs of these fang blennies have impressively shown, the stomachs usually contain only mucus and a few fish scales.
Synonymised names
Runula goslinei Strasburg, 1956 · unaccepted
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!
Plagiotremus goslinei is commonly found in shallow reefs with swells where it lives in snail tubes of vertebrates.
This species is a reef dweller that is found in shallow waters up to about 15 meters.
It often hovers above the reef, swimming like a cleaner wrasse and attracting unwary fish to be bitten, with sharp incisors designed to bite off a piece of flesh.
Endemic to Hawaiii, the fish is replaced in the Indo-Pacific by Plagiotremus tapeinosoma.
As studies of the stomachs of these fang blennies have impressively shown, the stomachs usually contain only mucus and a few fish scales.
Synonymised names
Runula goslinei Strasburg, 1956 · unaccepted
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!
