''Enneapterygius nanus'', the pygmy triplefin or pygmy threefin, 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 Leonard Peter Schultz in 1960.
This species is found from Taiwan and central Indonesia to
New Caledonia and the
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...
.
References
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nanus
Nanus may refer to:
* ''Nanus'' (beetle), a genus of true weevils
* Susan Nanus, the scriptwriter for the 1998 '' A Will of their Own'' romantic drama TV mini-series aired on the NBC network
* Fort Nanus in Goa, India
* one of the main hybrid gr ...
Fish described in 1960
Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz