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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Enneapterygius: Greek, ennea = nine times + Greek, pterygion = little fin (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 23 m (Ref. 27223). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands, French Frigate Shoals, Laysan Island, and Midway Atoll.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 1.7, range 2 - 1.8 cm
Max length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27223)
Adults are benthic in dead coral, rubble, or rock (Ref. 58302) and other habitats exposed to moderate surge (Ref. 54619). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).
Fricke, R., 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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