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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Enneapterygius: Greek, ennea = nine times + Greek, pterygion = little fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 27223). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27223)
Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17. Pectoral-fin rays15, at least some branched; caudal peduncle without distinctive bar or marking; body without well defined bars; body, head and fins of males densely and evenly covered with melanophores, lower half of head generally darker than upper, in immature males and females less densely covered with melanophores sometimes showing indistinct oblique bars on body and anal fin; supratemporal sensory canal C-shaped, running in a curve in front of the first dorsal-fin spine; single symphysial mandibular pore present; no labial folds.
Adults occur in tide pools; in shallow water on beach rock, brown algae and coralline algae. Apparently associated with coralline rocky shore or reef flat (Ref. 27223). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 °C (based on 2580 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00288 - 0.01322), b=3.04 (2.86 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 634 [211, 3,017] mg/100g; Iron = 2.99 [0.90, 7.48] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.0937 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 65.3 [10.1, 327.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 34 [4, 305] μg/100g; Zinc = 6.76 [2.64, 13.74] mg/100g (wet weight);
