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Enneapterygius etheostomus

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Enneapterygius etheostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. etheostomus
Binomial name
Enneapterygius etheostomus
(Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tripterygium etheostoma Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Rosenblatella etheostomus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)

Enneapterygius etheostomus is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[1] It is a temperate blenny known to inhabit rocky shores in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and swims at a depth range of 0–21 metres (0-68 feet) It has been described from Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Male E. etheostomus can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres (2.1in) [1] Both juveniles and adults of the species are known to feed on benthic algae.[1]

E. etheostomus was originally described as Tripterygium etheostoma by David Starr Jordan and J.O. Snyder in 1902,[2] and was later renamed Rosenblatella etheostomus by H. Masuda et al., in 1984.[3] It was reassigned to Enneapterygius by Ronald Fricke in 1997.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius etheostomus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ Jordan, D.S. & J.O. Snyder (1902). "A review of the blennoid fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 (1293): 441–504. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.25-1293.441.
  3. ^ Masuda, H.; K. Amaoka; C. Araga; et al. (1984). - The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. p. 437.
  4. ^ 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 Zoologica. 29: 1–607.
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