SALARIAS FASCIATUS

Scientific name: Salarias Fasciatus.

Origin: Indo-Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa and the North Ryukyu Islands south of the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Habitat: Inhabits sandy and mixed bottoms, provided there is sufficient lighting, as that will provide enough algae, an important part of your food.

Morphology: The body is mottled with some dark vertical bands on a pale base with some blue spots. It has a long dorsal fin that extends throughout its length and two spines in its long anal fin. Bulging eyes, two fleshy excrescences on the sides of the mouth that look like whiskers. Its pelvic fins allow it to stand up just like other blenny and has a great capacity to mimic the medium and slightly modify its coloration. Males can reach 14 cm. of total length.

Maintenance: It needs to be in an aquarium with abundant live rock and perfectly mature and established so that there is enough algae that this fish can consume, otherwise it will die of malnutrition.

Feeding: Species omnivorous that fits well to small frozen food such as artemia and mysis. Enough mature and well lit aquariums will contribute to the growth of different types of algae, to meet the nutritional needs of the animal.