''Enneapterygius mirabilis'', the miracle triplefin, 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. The ...
in the genus ''
Enneapterygius
''Enneapterygius'' is a genus of fish in the family Tripterygiidae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 63 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Enneapterygius abeli'' ( Klausewitz, 1960) (Yellow triplefin)
* ''Enn ...
''.
It was
described by Ronald Fricke in 1994
who gave it the
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''mirabilis'', meaning "admirable", because its notable large
pectoral fin
Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as ...
s and first
dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom. Many species of animals possessing dorsal fins are not particularly closely related to each other, though through c ...
were pretty.
References
External links
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2540523
mirabilis
Mirabilis is a Latin adjective meaning "amazing, wondrous, remarkable", and is used to refer to:
* Annus mirabilis, a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" (or "year of miracles")
* Anorexia mirabilis, religious fasting to the ...
Fish described in 1994