Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien
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Emblemaria walkeri Stephens, 1963
Etymology: Emblemaria: Latin, emblema = inlay, raised ornament. The specific species name "walkeri" honors fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917–2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Emblemaria walkeri occurs in the Gulf of California in the east central Pacific. It grows to a maximum size of 6.5 cm and feeds mainly on zooplankton. Inhabits empty shell tubes on sandy and gravel bottoms.
Description: Body elongated; Head short and blunt. 1 unbranched cirrus above the eye, often longer than the eye. Male with large, sail-like front of dorsal fin. Dorsal fin low and straight in females. Males are brown on the head, dark reddish brown on the body with faint large dark spots along the middle of the sides and whitish saddles below the base of the spiny dorsal fin, eyes and cirri are red; Females reddish with whitish saddles below the base of the dorsal fin.
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!
Etymology: Emblemaria: Latin, emblema = inlay, raised ornament. The specific species name "walkeri" honors fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917–2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Emblemaria walkeri occurs in the Gulf of California in the east central Pacific. It grows to a maximum size of 6.5 cm and feeds mainly on zooplankton. Inhabits empty shell tubes on sandy and gravel bottoms.
Description: Body elongated; Head short and blunt. 1 unbranched cirrus above the eye, often longer than the eye. Male with large, sail-like front of dorsal fin. Dorsal fin low and straight in females. Males are brown on the head, dark reddish brown on the body with faint large dark spots along the middle of the sides and whitish saddles below the base of the spiny dorsal fin, eyes and cirri are red; Females reddish with whitish saddles below the base of the dorsal fin.
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!
