Enneapterygius etheostomus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. etheostomus
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Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius etheostomus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Enneapterygius etheostomus is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. [1] It is a temperate blenny known to inhabit rocky shores in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and swims at a depth range of 0–21 metres (0-68 feet) It has been described from Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Male E. etheostomus can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres (2.1in) [1] Both juveniles and adults of the species are known to feed on benthic algae. [1]
E. etheostomus was originally described as Tripterygium etheostoma by David Starr Jordan and J.O. Snyder in 1902, [2] and was later renamed Rosenblatella etheostomus by H. Masuda et al., in 1984. [3] It was reassigned to Enneapterygius by Ronald Fricke in 1997. [4]
Enneapterygius etheostomus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. etheostomus
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Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius etheostomus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Enneapterygius etheostomus is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. [1] It is a temperate blenny known to inhabit rocky shores in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and swims at a depth range of 0–21 metres (0-68 feet) It has been described from Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Male E. etheostomus can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres (2.1in) [1] Both juveniles and adults of the species are known to feed on benthic algae. [1]
E. etheostomus was originally described as Tripterygium etheostoma by David Starr Jordan and J.O. Snyder in 1902, [2] and was later renamed Rosenblatella etheostomus by H. Masuda et al., in 1984. [3] It was reassigned to Enneapterygius by Ronald Fricke in 1997. [4]