St. Paul's Triplefin

Enneanectes smithi

Tripterygiid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Small
Tropical fish

Enneanectes smithi is a species of triplefin blenny. It was described by Hugh Roger Lubbock and Alasdair Edwards in 1981 from St Paul's Rocks in the western Atlantic Ocean. The specific name honours Roger Wellesley Smith for his assistance to the Cambridge University expedition to St Paul's Rocks but no other information is given about this individual.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneanectes
Maximum length: 3 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Central Atlantic: known only from St. Paul's Rocks.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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