Enneapterygius etheostomus is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius

Enneapterygius

Enneapterygius is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae.-Species:* Yellow triplefin, Enneapterygius abeli .* Highfin triplefin, Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980....

. It is a temperate

Temperate

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 blenny known to inhabit rocky shores in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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, and swims at a depth range of 0-21 metres. It has been described from Japan

Japan

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, China

China

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, Korea

Korea

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, Taiwan

Taiwan

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, and Vietnam

Vietnam

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. Male E. etheostomus can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres. Both juveniles and adults of the species are known to feed on benthic algae

Algae

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E. etheostomus was originally described as Tripterygium

Tripterygium

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 etheostoma by David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan

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 and J.O. Snyder in 1902, and was later renamed Rosenblatella etheostomus by H. Masuda et al., in 1984. It was reassigned to Enneapterygius by Ronald Fricke in 1997.

External links

• Enneapterygius etheostomus at Encyclopedia of Life
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• Enneapterygius etheostomus at The Website of Everything
• Enneapterygius etheostomus at World Register of Marine Species
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