''Enneanectes'' is a genus of
triplefin
Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenny, blenniiforms, small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the ...
fish in the
family
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Tripterygiidae.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Enneanectes altivelis''
Rosenblatt, 1960 (Lofty triplefin)
* ''
Enneanectes atrorus''
Rosenblatt, 1960 (Blackedge triplefin)
* ''
Enneanectes boehlkei''
Rosenblatt, 1960 (Roughhead triplefin)
* ''
Enneanectes carminalis''
D. S. Jordan
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& C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Carmine triplefin)
* ''
Enneanectes deloachorum''
Victor, 2013 [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). ''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 7: 44-73.'']
* ''
Enneanectes exsul''
Rosenblatt, 2013 (Island triplefin)
[Rosenblatt, R.H., Miller, E.C. & Hastings, P.A. (2013): Three new species of triplefin blennies of the genus ''Enneanectes'' (Teleostei, Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific with a key to Pacific species of ''Enneanectes''. ''Zootaxa, 3636 (2): 361–373.'']
* ''
Enneanectes flavus''
Victor, 2019
* ''
Enneanectes glendae''
Rosenblatt, 2013 (Slender triplefin)
[
* '' Enneanectes jordani'' Evermann & ]Marsh
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, 1899 (Mimic triplefin)
* '' Enneanectes macrops'' Rosenblatt, 2013 (Mexican triplefin) [
* '' Enneanectes matador'' Victor, 2013 ][
* '' Enneanectes quadra'' Victor, 2017]Lubbock
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& A. J. Edwards, 1981
* '' Enneanectes wilki'' Victor, 2013 [
]
Gallery
File:2016, wakatobi, malabea west, triple fin blennie (30624505194).jpg, Unknown species of Enneanectes at Wakatobi National Park
Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was established in 2002. The name of Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi Islands: Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. Since 2005 t ...
, triple fin blennie, 2016
File:Triplefin blennie, waitii ridge, wakatobi, 2018 (45088471164).jpg, Unknown species of Enneanectes at Wakatobi National Park
Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was established in 2002. The name of Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi Islands: Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. Since 2005 t ...
, triple fin blennie, 2018
File:Triple fin blennie detail, allegra's wall, wakatobi, 2018 (43996203980).jpg, Triple fin blennie details of Enneanectes at Wakatobi National Park
Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was established in 2002. The name of Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi Islands: Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. Since 2005 t ...
, triple fin blennie, 2018
References
Tripterygiidae
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
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