Enneanectes carminalis

Enneanectes carminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneanectes
Species: E. carminalis
Binomial name
Enneanectes carminalis
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Axoclinus carminalis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)[1]
  • Enneanectes sexmaculatus (Fowler, 1944)[1]
  • Enneapterygius storeyae Brock, 1940[1]
  • Gillias sexmaculatus Fowler, 1944[1]
  • Tripterygium carminale Jordan & Gilbert, 1882[1]

Enneanectes carminalis, known commonly as the Carmine triplefin or the Delicate triplefin in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of triplefin blenny.[3] It is a tropical blenny known from reefs from Mexico to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[3] It was originally described by D.S. Jordan and C.H. Gilbert in 1882, as Tripterygium carminale.[4] Blennies in this species can reach a maximum length of 3 centimetres,[3] and feed primarily off of benthic algae and invertebrates.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Synonyms of Enneanectes carminalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Enneanectes carminalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Enneanectes carminalis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Jordan, D.S., and C.H. Gilbert, 1882 (6 Apr.) [ref. 2470] Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237): 338-365.
  5. ^ Food items reported for Enneanectes carminalis at www.fishbase.org.