Northern yellow-black triplefin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius gracilis Fricke, 1994
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The northern yellow-black triplefin (Enneapterygius gracilis), also known as the northern Australian yellow-black triplefin, [2] is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. [3] It was described by German Ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994. [4] It is a tropical blenny, endemic to northern Australia, in the western Pacific and southeastern Indian Oceans. [3] [2] It is a non-migratory species which dwells in shallow tidal pools on coralline rock and in seagrass, and has been recorded swimming at a depth range of 0–15 m (0–50 ft). [3] [2] Male northern yellow-black triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.8 centimetres (1.06 inches). [3] [2]
Northern yellow-black triplefin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Enneapterygius |
Species: | E. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Enneapterygius gracilis Fricke, 1994
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The northern yellow-black triplefin (Enneapterygius gracilis), also known as the northern Australian yellow-black triplefin, [2] is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. [3] It was described by German Ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994. [4] It is a tropical blenny, endemic to northern Australia, in the western Pacific and southeastern Indian Oceans. [3] [2] It is a non-migratory species which dwells in shallow tidal pools on coralline rock and in seagrass, and has been recorded swimming at a depth range of 0–15 m (0–50 ft). [3] [2] Male northern yellow-black triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.8 centimetres (1.06 inches). [3] [2]