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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Enneanectes: Greek, ennea = nine times + Greek, nektos = that swimms (Ref. 45335); deloachorum: Named for Ned and Anna Deloach, in recognition of their contributions to the art of underwater photography of coral-reef animals, their development of very useful guides to reef organisms, and exceptional camaraderie on the expedition to Dominica; noun in the genitive case (plural)..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Dominica and Barbados.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.2 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 93957)
Korte beschrijving
Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal): 15 - 16; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 8-9; Anale stekels 2; Anale zachte stralen: 16 - 17. This species is distinguished by the following characters: belly, pectoral-fin base, and cheek naked, spiny preorbital bone in adults, snout blunt, 3 rows of scales above rear pored scales, first two rows about equal-sized, relatively short first dorsal fin (all characters of E. boehlkei complex); fourth and fifth body bars similarly dark and often much darker than preceding bars (which are about equal in intensity); accessory interspace bar or darkened patch between the fourth and fifth body bars; fifth bar sometimes narrower than the 4-5 interspace; 2 broad solid dark bands on the caudal fin; second dorsal fin with three rounded dark spots on the membranes near the spine bases and thin band of fine speckling on the outer rim of fin; anal fin with 3 or 4 dark patches; usually D III+XII-XIII+9 and A II,16-17; mode of 15 pored lateral-line scales and 22 scales in notched midline row (Ref. 93957).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Victor, B.C., 2013. The Caribbean roughhead triplefin (Enneanectes boehlkei): DNA barcoding reveals a complex of four West Indian sympatric cryptic species (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 7:44-73. (Ref. 93957)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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