Enneapterygius etheostomus

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]

Enneapterygius etheostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. etheostomus
Binomial name
Enneapterygius etheostomus
(Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tripterygium etheostoma Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Rosenblatella etheostomus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)

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]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius etheostomus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Jordan, D.S. & J.O. Snyder (1902). "A review of the blennoid fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 (1293): 441–504.
  3. Masuda, H.; K. Amaoka; C. Araga; et al. (1984). - The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. p. 437.
  4. Fricke, R. (1997). "Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei)". Theses Zoologica. 29: 1–607.
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