''Enneapterygius rubicauda'', the redtail 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. Th ...
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)
* '' E ...
''.
It was described by Shen Shih-Chieh in 1994.
They occur in the western Pacific Ocean, including the
Ryukyu and
Ogasawara Islands,
Taiwan,
the Philippines
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* cbk, República de Filipinas
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,
New Caledonia
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and
Vanuatu.
References
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rubicauda
Taxa named by Shen Shih-Chieh
Fish described in 1994