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Tripterygiidae
Blotched triplefin
Enneapterygius ventermaculus
Tripterygiid Fish of the South African Coast
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- South Asia
- West Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallBlotched triplefin is a marine fish from Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Tripterygiidae
- Genus
- Enneapterygius
- Maximum length
- 4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: east and soitheast coast of South Africa (Transkei to southern Mozambique), the Red Sea, Aden, Oman, and Pakistan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
