Whiskered gobies ( Latin Blepsias ) [1] - a genus of marine ray-finned fish of the family hairy from the order scorpion - shaped .
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Body length from 20 ( two-lobed goby ) to 25 cm ( butterfly goby ) [2] , the whole body is covered with very small spines. The head is relatively small, with a long antennae located on the snout and chin. The body is covered with skin outgrowths of various shapes and sizes. In a two-lobed goby, unlike all other representatives of the family, several rays of the first dorsal fin are not elongated. In the second dorsal fin, 11-30 soft rays, in the anal 11-12. In abdominal fins, 1 prickly hard and 3 soft rays. The rays of the gill membrane 6. The swim bladder is absent.
Predators feed on fish and invertebrates.
Distributed in the North Pacific. Bottom fish.
Classification
There are 2 types of hairs in the genus [2] :
- Two-lobed goby ( Blepsias bilobus )
- Butterfly Goby ( Blepsias cirrhosus )
Gallery
Two-lobed goby ( Blepsias bilobus )
Notes
- ↑ Nelson D.S. Fishes of World Fauna / Transl. 4th rev. English ed. N. G. Bogutskaya, scientific. Ed. by A. M. Nasek, A. S. Gerd. - M .: Book House "LIBROCOM", 2009. - S. 467. - ISBN 978-5-397-00675-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Blepsias in the FishBase database.
Literature
- Animal Life: in 6 volumes. Volume 4. Pisces / Ed. prof. T. S. Russ. - M .: Education, 1983.
- Nelson D.S. Fishes of World Fauna / Transl. 4th rev. English ed. N. G. Bogutskaya, scientific. Ed. by A. M. Nasek, A. S. Gerd. - M .: Book House "LIBROCOM", 2009. - S. 467. - ISBN 978-5-397-00675-0 .