Saber-toothed slime fish
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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
There are five genera:
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Aspidontus Cuvier in Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Dussumier's saber-toothed mucus ( Aspidontus dussumieri ) (Valenciennes, 1836)
- False cleaner fish ( Aspidontus taeniatus ) Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Aspidontus tractus
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Meiacanthus Norman, 1943
- Meiacanthus eiacanthus
- Meiacanthus abditus
- Meiacanthus anema
- Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
- Fiji saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus bundoon ) Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Meiacanthus crinitus
- Two- lined saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus ditrema ) Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Meiacanthus fraseri
- Cardinal saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus geminatus ) Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Three-lined saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus grammistes ) (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Meiacanthus kamoharai
- Meiacanthus limbatus
- Meiacanthus lineatus
- Meiacanthus luteus
- Meiacanthus mossambicus
- Meiacanthus naevius
- Meiacanthus nigrolineatus
- Meiacanthus oualanensis
- Meiacanthus phaeus
- Meiacanthus procne
- Meiacanthus reticulatus
- Meiacanthus smithi
- Meiacanthus tongaensis
- Meiacanthus urostigma
- Meiacanthus vicinus
- Single-striped saber-toothed mucus ( Meiacanthus vittatus ) Smith-Vaniz, 1976
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Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830
- Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell, 1835
- Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
- Petroscirtes fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1885)
- Petroscirtes marginatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830
- Petroscirtes springeri Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Petroscirtes thepassii Bleeker, 1853
- Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849
- Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale, 1906
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Plagiotremus Gill, 1865
- Plagiotremus azaleus (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
- Plagiotremus ewaensis (Brock, 1948)
- Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956)
- Plagiotremus iosodon Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)
- Plagiotremus phenax Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)
- Plagiotremus spilistius Gill, 1865
- Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
- Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905)
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Xiphasia Swainson, 1839
- Xiphasia matsubarai Okada & Suzuki, 1952
- Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
- Bergbauer, Myers, Kirschner: The cosmos handbook dangerous marine animals. Kosmos Stuttgart, 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10945-8
- William Smith-Vaniz: Saber-Toothed Blennies, Tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blennidae). Academy of Natural Sciences, 2007 Google Books