Enneanectes Explained

Enneanectes is a genus of triplefin fish in the family Tripterygiidae.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

• Enneanectes altivelis Rosenblatt, 1960 (Lofty triplefin)
• Enneanectes atrorus Rosenblatt, 1960 (Blackedge triplefin)
• Enneanectes boehlkei Rosenblatt, 1960 (Roughhead triplefin)
• Enneanectes carminalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Carmine triplefin)
• Enneanectes deloachorum Victor, 2013 ^[1]
• Enneanectes exsul Rosenblatt, 2013 (Island triplefin) ^[2]
• Enneanectes flavus Victor, 2019^[3]
• Enneanectes glendae Rosenblatt, 2013 (Slender triplefin) ^[2]
• Enneanectes jordani Evermann & Marsh, 1899 (Mimic triplefin)
• Enneanectes macrops Rosenblatt, 2013 (Mexican triplefin) ^[2]
• Enneanectes matador Victor, 2013 ^[1]
• Enneanectes quadra Victor, 2017^[4]
• Enneanectes reticulatus G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Network triplefin)
• Enneanectes smithi Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1981
• Enneanectes wilki Victor, 2013 ^[1]

Notes and References

1. Victor, B.C. (2013): The Caribbean Roughhead Triplefin (Enneanectes boehlkei): DNA barcoding reveals a complex of four West Indian sympatric cryptic species (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 7: 44-73.
2. Rosenblatt, R.H., Miller, E.C. & Hastings, P.A. (2013): Three new species of triplefin blennies of the genus Enneanectes (Teleostei, Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific with a key to Pacific species of Enneanectes. Zootaxa, 3636 (2): 361–373.
3. Victor, B. C. . 2019 . Enneanectes flavus, a new endemic species of triplefin blenny from the southeastern Caribbean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae) . Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation . 32 . 1–16 .
4. Victor, B. C. . 2017 . The status of Enneanectes jordani and a new species of triplefin blenny from the Greater Caribbean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae) . Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation . 27 . 48–73 .