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Tripterygiidae
Redtail triplefin
Enneapterygius rubicauda
Black masked male guards nest
Redtail triplefin is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 3.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Tripterygiidae
- Genus
- Enneapterygius
- Maximum length
- 3.7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, Taiwan, Philippines, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

