''Enneapterygius destai'' is a species of

triplefin blenny Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. Th ...

which is endemic to the Red Sea where it is found at depths of in bays and lagoons which have dense populations of coral. Within these it is normally associated with corals in the genus '' Porites'' and can be found in crevices near these corals or on the vertical faces made up of them. The

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honours the Ethiopian admiral Prince Alexander Desta (1934-1974) who was executed when the

Derg The Derg (also spelled Dergue; , ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally " c ...

took power in Ethiopia.

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{{Taxonbar, From=Q2295501 destai Fish of the Red Sea Fish described in 1980 Taxa named by Eugenie Clark