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Convict Blenny, school of juveniles - Pholidichthys leucotaenia They are also called false catfish because their juveniles ressemble them but they lack among other features the barbels and are more rounded and shorter when juvenile. The adult looks gorgeous but I could not find one in this trip. See here: <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholidichthys_leucotaenia" rel="nofollow">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholidichthys_leucotaenia</a> Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Pholidichthys leucotaenia Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Convict Blenny, school of juveniles - Pholidichthys leucotaenia

They are also called false catfish because their juveniles ressemble them but they lack among other features the barbels and are more rounded and shorter when juvenile. The adult looks gorgeous but I could not find one in this trip. See here: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholidichthys_leucotaenia

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Also some interesting behavior:

    "While their young are out feeding, the parents eject mouthfuls of debris from the burrows. In a single day as much as 3 kg of sand might be collected and spat out of the hole by the parents. Research has revealed a maze of tunnels and chambers totaling a length of some 6 m. At night, young fish dangle by their mouths from the roof of the tunnels by thin mucous threads."     Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Patomarazul's profile
      Patomarazul
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      Yes, these are very peculiar..I hope to be able to see the adults another time but it may be because of them being inside burrows that is not so easy :-) Posted 5 years ago

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The Convict Blenny

"Pholidichthys leucotaenia", commonly known as the convict blenny/goby or the engineer blenny/goby, is a marine fish from the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is neither a blenny nor a goby, but is in fact one of two species in the family Pholidichthyidae.

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Similar species: Cichliformes
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Uploaded Jul 25, 2020. Captured Nov 8, 2019 04:32 in Indonesia.
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  • TG-5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/160s
  • ISO320
  • 15.41mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.