Biology:Enneapterygius clarkae

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Enneapterygius clarkae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. clarkae
Binomial name
Enneapterygius clarkae
Holleman, 1982

Enneapterygius clarkae, the barred triplefin, is a species of threefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by Wouter Holleman in 1982, and was given its species epithet in honour of United States ichthyologist Eugenie Clark[3][4] (1922-2015)[5] It is a tropical blenny known from the Indian Ocean, and has been described from the Red Sea to Natal, South Africa.[2] Male barred triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. Williams, J. (2014). "Enneapterygius clarkae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T179080A1567395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179080A1567395.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179080/1567395. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius clarkae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Holleman, W. (1982). "Three new species and a new genus of tripterygiid fishes (Blenniodei) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean". Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History) 14 (4): 109-137. 
  4. Katherine E. Cullen (2006). Marine science: the people behind the science. Pioneers in science. Infobase Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 0816054657. 
  5. "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/. Retrieved 17 May 2019. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1923801 entry