Enneapterygius flavoccipitis

Enneapterygius flavoccipitis, the yellownape triplefin or northern bicoloured triplefin, in Australia, is a species of threefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2]

Enneapterygius flavoccipitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. flavoccipitis
Binomial name
Enneapterygius flavoccipitis
Shen, 1994
Synonyms[2]
  • Enneapterygius bichrous Fricke, 1994

Etymology

The species was originally described by German ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994, as Enneapterygius 1994.[3] It was later identified by Hoese et al. in 2006[4] as a synonym of E. flavoccipitis, described by S.C. Shen in 1994, less than 6 weeks prior to Fricke's description of E. bichrous.[5]

Description

The yellownape triplefin is described as a medium-sized species in the Enneapterygius flavoccipitis species group, which also includes the black triplefin (Enneapterygius niger) and William's triplefin (Enneapterygius williamsi).[3] Males can reach a maximum length of 2.7 centimetres (1.06 inches).[2]

Distribution

The yellownape triplefin inhabits coral reefs, coral reef lagoons, and intertidal rock pools in Temperate waters in the western central Pacific Ocean, and has been described from the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Timor Sea, Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Indonesia.[3] It has recorded swimming at a depth range of 0–22 metres (0-72.2 feet).[2]

References
  1. Williams, J.; Holleman, W. (2014). "Enneapterygius flavoccipitis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178894A1544745. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178894A1544745.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Enneapterygius flavoccipitis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Fricke, R. (1994). "Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei)". Theses Zoologicae. 24: 1–585.
  4. Hoese, D.F.; D.J. Bray; J.R. Paxton & G.R. Allen (2006). "Fishes". In Beasley, O.L. & A. Wells (eds.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia. Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178.
  5. Shen, S.-C. (1994). "A revision of the tripterygiid fishes from coastal waters of Taiwan with descriptions of two new genera and five new species". Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 5 (2): 1–32.
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