Hourglass triplefin

Hourglass triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species: E. elegans
Binomial name
Enneapterygius elegans
(Peters, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Tripterygium elegans Peters, 1876[1]

The Hourglass triplefin (Enneapterygius elegans) (also known as the Elegant triplefin in the United Kingdom[2]) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[3] It was originally described by W.C.H. Peters as a species of Tripterygium, in 1876,[4] but was reassigned to Enneapterygius by W. Holleman in 1986.[5] It is a tropical blenny known from reefs across the western central Indian to the central Pacific Ocean, and swims at a depth range of 0-12 metres.[3] Male hourglass triplefins can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres.[3] The blenny gets its common name from an hourglass-shaped marking on its body.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Enneapterygius elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Enneapterygius elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Enneapterygius elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Peters, W. (C. H.), 1876 [ref. 18495] Übersicht der von Hrn. Prof. Dr. K. Möbius in Mauritius und bei den Seychellen gesammelten Fische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 435-447.
  5. ↑ Holleman, W., 1986 Tripterygiidae. p. 755-758. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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