Alan Sutton, Tansania
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Cirripectes heemstraorum Williams, 2010
Source:
Williams, Jeffrey. (2010). A new species of blenny, Cirripectes heemstraorum, from Cape Vidal, South Africa (Family Blenniidae)..
Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin. Smithiana,
Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin. 3-7.
"Cirripectes heemstraorum sp. nov. is described from three specimens recently collected on the DAR 1 artificial reef in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, off the east coast of South Africa at Cape Vidal. It is closely related to C. auritus, but is easily distinguished by its distinctive coloration. Females have a dark brown body with small spots over the posterior half to three quarters of the body and a brilliant yellow (pale in preservative) caudal fin; whereas in female C. auritus the body and the caudal fin are the same color with no contrasting dark to pale change between body and caudal fin.
Male resembles female C. heemstraorum, but the caudal fin of males is dark brown basally with only the outer half of fin brilliant yellow (pale in preservative) and the small black spots on the caudal peduncle of the male coalesce into 2–3 short black stripes terminating on the base of the caudal fin.
Male C. auritus lack black stripes at the base of the caudal fin and have the body and caudal fin uniformly dusky (pink, yellow or beige colored in life)".
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!
Source:
Williams, Jeffrey. (2010). A new species of blenny, Cirripectes heemstraorum, from Cape Vidal, South Africa (Family Blenniidae)..
Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin. Smithiana,
Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin. 3-7.
"Cirripectes heemstraorum sp. nov. is described from three specimens recently collected on the DAR 1 artificial reef in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, off the east coast of South Africa at Cape Vidal. It is closely related to C. auritus, but is easily distinguished by its distinctive coloration. Females have a dark brown body with small spots over the posterior half to three quarters of the body and a brilliant yellow (pale in preservative) caudal fin; whereas in female C. auritus the body and the caudal fin are the same color with no contrasting dark to pale change between body and caudal fin.
Male resembles female C. heemstraorum, but the caudal fin of males is dark brown basally with only the outer half of fin brilliant yellow (pale in preservative) and the small black spots on the caudal peduncle of the male coalesce into 2–3 short black stripes terminating on the base of the caudal fin.
Male C. auritus lack black stripes at the base of the caudal fin and have the body and caudal fin uniformly dusky (pink, yellow or beige colored in life)".
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!
