Northern yellow-black triplefin | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius gracilis Fricke, 1994 |
The northern yellow-black triplefin (Enneapterygius gracilis), also known as the northern Australian yellow-black triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by German Ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994. It is a tropical blenny, endemic to northern Australia, in the western Pacific and southeastern Indian Oceans. It is a non-migratory species which dwells in shallow tidal pools on coralline rock and in seagrass, and has been recorded swimming at a depth range of 0–15 m (0–50 ft). Male northern yellow-black triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.8 centimetres (1.06 inches).
References
- Williams, J.; Holleman, W. (2014). "Enneapterygius gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179057A1564591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179057A1564591.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Enneapterygius gracilis at www.fishwise.co.za.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius gracilis". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Fricke, R., 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae v. 24: i-ix + 1-585.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Enneapterygius gracilis |