Image: Male Pacific Leaping Blennies
Two Male Pacific Leaping Blennies in courtship colouration at Pago Bay, Guam, 23 July 2011.
- Photographer:
- Steve Lindfield
- Rights:
- © Steve Lindfield
- Common name:
- Pacific Leaping Blenny
- Scientific name:
- Alticus arnoldorum
- Family:
- Bleniidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
Additional information
Courtney Morgans (Ord Lab, UNSW) stated: "The two males were displaying at the same time, I didn't see either of them act in a physically aggressive way to the other, they were just trying to out-compete each other for the attention of females. I'm not sure how long it takes for a male to achieve colour change from cryptic to conspicuous as they tended to be quite shy. If however, I disturbed a conspicuous male it would take about 15 seconds for his colouration to change back to the cryptic form."
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, male, courtship, colouration, Pacific Leaping Blenny, Alticus arnoldorum,
