''Enneapterygius similis'', known commonly as the black and red triplefin, blacktail triplefin or masked threefin, is a species of
triplefin
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 ...
blenny 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 1997.
This species occurs in the western central Pacific Ocean, from the
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yona ...
south through the Philippines, in
Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...
, central Indonesia,
Shepard Island
Shepard Island or John Shepard Island is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Shepard Island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the ...
,
New Caledonia and eastern Australia.
References
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similis
Fish described in 1997