''Enneapterygius etheostomus'' is a species of

triplefin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. Th ...

blenny in the genus ''

Enneapterygius ''Enneapterygius'' is a genus of fish in the family Tripterygiidae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 63 recognized species in this genus: * '' Enneapterygius abeli'' ( Klausewitz, 1960) (Yellow triplefin) * '' E ...

''. 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) Both juveniles and adults of the species are known to feed on

benthic The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...

algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

. ''E. etheostomus'' was originally described as ''

Tripterygium ''Tripterygium'' is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes three species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. '' Tripterygium wilfordii'' is used in Traditional Chinese m ...

etheostoma'' by

David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Univer ...

and J.O. Snyder in 1902, and was later renamed ''Rosenblatella etheostomus'' by H. Masuda et al., in 1984. It was reassigned to ''Enneapterygius'' by

Ronald Fricke Ronald Fricke is a German ichthyologist and researcher of biodiversity at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. As of 2022, Fricke authored 8 families, 10 genera and 186 species within the families of Callionymidae, Gobiesocidae, Ophic ...

in 1997.

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External links

''Enneapterygius etheostomus''
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''Enneapterygius etheostomus''
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''Enneapterygius etheostomus''
at World Register of Marine Species {{Taxonbar, from=Q3231917 etheostomus Fish described in 1902 Fish of Japan Fish of China Fish of Taiwan Taxa named by David Starr Jordan