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Enneapterygius destai is endemic to the Red Sea.
Enneapterygius destai is a demersal species, usually associated with hard coral reefs, but not obligate.
Adults inhabit coral-rich bays and lagoons, usually in crevices near Porites or on the vertical surface of this coral.
Fertilized eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky filaments that anchor them in the algae at nesting sites.
The larvae are planktonic and are found mainly in shallow, offshore waters.
This little guy gained particular notoriety from the paper mentioned below, ""Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?".
In laboratory experiments the fluorescence of marine fishes was studied, on page 6 of the scientific description the glow of this species is well visible, especially the eye and the dorsal fin glow particularly strong.
Otherwise, not much is known about the biology of this red-sea endemic.
Source:
"Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?."
Michiels, Nico K., Nils Anthes, Nathan S. Hart, Jürgen Herler, Alfred J. Meixner, Frank Schleifenbaum, Gregor Schulte, Ulrike E. Siebeck, Dennis Sprenger, and Matthias F. Wucherer.
BMC ecology 8, no. 1 (2008): 16. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-16
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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!
Enneapterygius destai is a demersal species, usually associated with hard coral reefs, but not obligate.
Adults inhabit coral-rich bays and lagoons, usually in crevices near Porites or on the vertical surface of this coral.
Fertilized eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky filaments that anchor them in the algae at nesting sites.
The larvae are planktonic and are found mainly in shallow, offshore waters.
This little guy gained particular notoriety from the paper mentioned below, ""Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?".
In laboratory experiments the fluorescence of marine fishes was studied, on page 6 of the scientific description the glow of this species is well visible, especially the eye and the dorsal fin glow particularly strong.
Otherwise, not much is known about the biology of this red-sea endemic.
Source:
"Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?."
Michiels, Nico K., Nils Anthes, Nathan S. Hart, Jürgen Herler, Alfred J. Meixner, Frank Schleifenbaum, Gregor Schulte, Ulrike E. Siebeck, Dennis Sprenger, and Matthias F. Wucherer.
BMC ecology 8, no. 1 (2008): 16. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-16
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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!
