Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien
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Ostorhinchus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1854)
Apogon Hoeveni is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. From India in the west to Japan in the east, south to the north coast of Australia, often in fluids of river and protected bays with a light and soft surface.
The body color is usually a light yellow to beige, sometimes with light sprinkles or stains. The first part of the dorsal fin is always black and brown, the dorsal fin itself has a white, outer edge. All other fins are translucent.
It occurs in small groups between corals, sea urchins, crinoids and algae. This cardinal fish can also be found between the Diadema family, in which they are looking for protection against predators.
The species name "Hoeveni" honors the Dutch zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868)
From time to time this beautiful cardinal finds its way into the aquarium trade.
Synonymised names
Apogon haeveni Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon hoeveni Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon hoevenii Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
Apogon Hoeveni is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. From India in the west to Japan in the east, south to the north coast of Australia, often in fluids of river and protected bays with a light and soft surface.
The body color is usually a light yellow to beige, sometimes with light sprinkles or stains. The first part of the dorsal fin is always black and brown, the dorsal fin itself has a white, outer edge. All other fins are translucent.
It occurs in small groups between corals, sea urchins, crinoids and algae. This cardinal fish can also be found between the Diadema family, in which they are looking for protection against predators.
The species name "Hoeveni" honors the Dutch zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868)
From time to time this beautiful cardinal finds its way into the aquarium trade.
Synonymised names
Apogon haeveni Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon hoeveni Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Apogon hoevenii Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
