... Some wrasses, such as the cleaner wrasse, are famous for being cleaner fish, but the closely related T. bifasciatus , which lives from Florida to the Bahamas, usually feeds on small crustaceans, but sometimes removes external parasites from larger fish, so it is not attacked by such predatory fish. In the same waters, there is a blenny that looks very similar to this species, Hemiemblemaria similus , which swims among the wrasses to avoid attacks from predatory fish and can approach them without being afraid of the small fish that it feeds on. [Makoto Shimizu]. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Hemiemblemaria similus" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… ベラ類にはホンソメワケベラのように掃除魚として有名なものがあるが,本種に近縁でフロリダからバハマにすむT.bifasciatusもふつうは小甲殻類を餌とするが,ときに大型の魚の外部寄生虫をとるので,こういった捕食魚の攻撃を受けない。同じ水域にこの種にそっくりのギンポHemiemblemaria similusがおり,ベラに混じって遊泳し捕食魚の攻撃を避け,また,餌とする小魚に恐れられずに近づくことができる。【清水 誠】。… ※「Hemiemblemaria similus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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