Saber-toothed slime fish

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Saber-toothed slime fish
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos

Systematics
Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Ovalentaria
Order : Blennioidei (Blenniiformes)
Family : Slimy fish (Blenniidae)
Tribe : Saber-toothed slime fish
Scientific name
Nemophini
Kaup , 1858

Saber-toothed mucous fish (Nemophini) are characterized by elongated, arched canine teeth in the lower jaw. In addition, the species of the genus Meiacanthus have poison glands in their jaws. These are used for defense and meiacanthus that have been swallowed by predatory fish bite the attacker's palate and are immediately spat out again. The saber-toothed mucous fish often have a conspicuous warning color to dissuade predators from attacking. Meiacanthus grammistes , for example, is striped yellow and black. Some of their relatives from the tribe of the comb-tooth blennies (Salariini) have in order to benefit similar colors from the fear of predators before such colored fish. The completely harmless, many marine aquarists well-known two-color blimp ( Ecsenius bicolor ) imitates Enchelyurus flavipes ( mimicry ).

Saber-toothed mucus fish mostly feed on zooplankton . The genus Plagiotremus attacks larger fish and tears off pieces of fins and skin. They often are similar in coloring Fried fish, so there is an orange color form of Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos that the females of the jewels flags perch ( Pseudanthias squamipinnis similar) and also staying for camouflage in the swarms.

The false cleaner fish ( Aspidontus taeniatus ) is even worse off, imitating the common cleaner wrasse ( Labroides dimidiatus ) in shape, color and swimming style and biting off pieces of fins and skin from the fish customer who is expecting a parasite removal.

Internal system

Three-lined saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus grammistes )
Meiacanthus oualanensis
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
Xiphasia setifer

There are five genera:

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