Enneapterygius elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius elegans (Peters, 1876)
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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]