Biology:Enneapterygius phoenicosoma

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Short description: Species of fish

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. phoenicosoma
Binomial name
Enneapterygius phoenicosoma
Motomura, R. Ota & Meguro, 2015[1]

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma is a species of triplefin blenny from the western pacific where it has been recorded from southern Japan, the Caroline Islands and Vanuatu. The breeding males are similar in colour and pattern to those of Enneapterygius atriceps but this species is generally larger (up to 37.2 millimetres (1.46 in) standard length) has a simple nasal tentacle and different meristic counts.[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Enneapterygius". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Enneapterygius. 
  2. Motomura, H.; R. Ota; M. Meguro; S. Tashiro (2015). "Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a new species of triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the western Pacific Ocean". Species Diversity 20: 1–12. doi:10.12782/sd.20.1.001. 

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