Meiacanthus tongaensis bleeny

Meiacanthus tongaensis is commonly referred to as bleeny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Scientific:: Meiacanthus tongaensis
German:: Schleimfisch
English:: Bleeny

Category:: Blennies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > tongaensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Smith-Vaniz, 1987

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 0 - 165 Meter
Size:: 2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Alleen voor gevorderden
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Meiacanthus solomon
Säbelzahnschleimfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-20 21:05:00
Last edit:: 2017-04-23 20:30:29

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Meiacanthus tongaensis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Meiacanthus tongaensis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Meiacanthus tongaensis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Meiacanthus tongaensis has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Meiacanthus tongaensis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Meiacanthus tongaensis. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Smith-Vaniz, 1987

According to fishbase.org harmless. Eats planctonic organisms.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blennioidei (Suborder) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Meiacanthus (Genus) > Meiacanthus tongaensis (Species)

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!

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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