Enneapterygius elegans

Enneapterygius elegans, the hourglass triplefin (or elegant triplefin in the United Kingdom[2]), is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was originally described by Wilhelm Peters as a species of Tripterygium, in 1876,[3] but was reassigned to Enneapterygius by W. Holleman in 1986.[4] It is a tropical blenny known from reefs across the western central Indian to the central Pacific Ocean, and swims at a depth range of 0–12 metres.[2] Male hourglass triplefins can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres.[2] The blenny gets its common name from an hourglass-shaped marking on its body.[2]

Enneapterygius elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. elegans
Binomial name
Enneapterygius elegans
(Peters, 1876)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tripterygium elegans Peters, 1876

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Enneanectes elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179102A1569832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179102A1569832.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius elegans" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Peters, W. (C. H.) (1876). "Übersicht der von Hrn. Prof. Dr. K. Möbius in Mauritius und bei den Seychellen gesammelten Fische". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen]. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1876: 435–447.
  4. Holleman, W. (1986). "Tripterygiidae". In M.M. Smith; P.C. Heemstra (eds.). Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 755–758.
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