南瓜被雕刻了,糖果布置了。您的狗和猫可能穿着Casper服装和您的女儿,作为Anna或Elsa公主。但是,嘿,你的鱼呢?他们看起来不太可怕。当然,大多数超级令人毛骨悚然的万圣节鱼都生活在海洋的深渊峡谷中,牙齿和其他可恶的附属物都像针一样。老实说,其中一些看起来比您更可怕 - 他们甚至不必尝试。但是,即使在我们可爱的浅水礁鱼中,也有一个曾准备庆祝这个假期的特殊团体。
None of our halloween party goers today are scary. But they do have some special affiliation to the holiday. No not in the pumpkin spice kind of way. It’s in their names. The Dracula goby (Stonogobiops dracula) and Yasha goby (S. yasha)是万圣节。我的意思是有一个像Dracula Goby这样的名字,您怎么会不会呢?S. draculais found in the Indian Ocean, most commonly Maldives, and features a rounded semicircular dorsal fin with diagonals of red and black bands on its white body. It does have a rather mean looking face, but nope, he won’t be sucking any blood tonight.
S. yasha它的名字有更多有趣的背景。“ Yasha”是日本对梵语“ Yaksha”的读物,这是一群超自然的生物,在不同的信念中以不同的方式描绘了不同的描述。“ Yakshas”通常用长尖牙描绘Stonogobiops yasha从其嘴里发现的大型杂种牙齿中获取物种名称。也许Yoshino&Shimada认为,当他们描述鱼的过程时,这使他们想起了Yaksha。
On the topic of fangs and vampires, two genus of blennies who wield sharp teeth and are not afraid to use them arePlagiotremus和Meiacanthus.Plagiotremus是一群狡猾而恶意的细长礁鱼,总是选择技巧而不是治疗。它们是和平服务的细长模仿,提供清洁的劳动,Labroides dimidiatus. Unlike the cleaner wrasse who pick parasites and dead tissue off of fish,PlagiotremusFang Blennies更喜欢直接在主机上吃肉。为此,他们能够模仿受欢迎的清洁工斗篷的着色和游泳行为,使他们可以游泳到宿主鱼和剃须刀尖锐的尖牙上,咬一块鳞片或肉。然后,他们匆忙撤退,欺骗另一天。
喜欢Plagiotremus,Meiacanthus也有锋利的尖牙。最重要的是,它们是有毒的。是的,您听到了正确的声音。位于尖牙底部的是毒腺,将不太快乐的鸡尾酒泵送到一只咬伤的受害者的伤口中。但是,就像前面的属一样Meiacanthusare peaceful fish and use their venomous bites only for defence. If you’ve never caught one with your hand, don’t. They can and will deliver a bite capable of drawing blood. Not painful, but not fun. Because of this talent, many reef fish have learn to mimic theMeiacanthus方王。一种这样的模仿发生在无害的梳子牙齿之间Ecsenius gravieri,及其有毒模型Meiacanthus nigrolineatus. Certain juvenile breams have also learn to imitate their venomous models.
鲜血染色的仙女wrass的鱼有一个相当不错的万圣节服装。如果令人毛骨悚然的谋杀恰好是主题。特定名称sanguineuscomes from the latin wordSanguis, meaning blood. The blood-stained fairy wrasse is a very rare currently unobtainable Mauritian endemic that rarely enters the aquarium trade. Not quite scary looking but you got to give it to the fish. That’s a pretty neat idea dressing up as a slasher/slashee.
However when it comes to theme appropriate costumes, few can rival the Pinnatus batfish. Black and orange, the halloween theme colours are the only two shades this ghoulish fish needs. As juveniles,Platax pinnatus是万圣节的定义。在一个吮吸黑色斗篷的灵魂中,这个幻影,黑暗的幽灵像流浪的幽灵一样在珊瑚礁周围漂浮。毫无特色的黑色身体使橙色轮廓脱颖而出,几乎类似于浮出水道上漂浮的模板,就像幻影一样。更不用说那些长长的腹鳍。因为从最刻板的意义上讲,即使这条鱼也知道如何假装自己是鬼。
骨架服装在万圣节期间也经营着整个范围,这几乎是这个假期的标志。在鱼界,最佳骨骼服装的一等奖去了echidna xanthospilos, the Skeletor Eel. This gorgeous black and white beauty isn’t really boney looking, but the beautiful monochrome pattern and that fitting name has got to be one of the coolest eel designs out there.
Of all the creatures that call our aquariums their home however, none is ever more ready for halloween than the well, halloween hermit crab. He’s always ready to knock on your door, he’s in his orange leggings 24/7 and, he even has the holiday for his name. Which of these are your favourite trick or treaters, and do you know of anymore halloweeny reef fish? Let us know in the comments below! A big thanks to Ben Johnson, Jim Gryzanowski and Michelle Ward for these cool suggestions! Happy halloween, from ReefBuilders.