Yellow triplefin

The yellow triplefin (Enneapterygius abeli),[3]> also known as the Abel's triplefin in South Africa,[3] is a species of triplefin in the genus Enneapterygius.[3] Males in this species can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres.[3] The blennies are generally bright yellow in colour, and males have black heads.[3] They feed mostly on benthic invertebrates.[1]

Yellow triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. abeli
Binomial name
Enneapterygius abeli
Synonyms[3]
  • Tripterygion abeli Klausewitz, 1960
  • Helcogramma abeli (Klausewitz, 1960)

In 1960, Wolfgang Klausewitz described the species, originally assigning it to the genus Tripterygion under "T. abeli".[4] It was later reassigned to Helcogramma, before being reassigned to Enneapterygius by W. Holleman in 2005.[5]

Distribution

The yellow triplefin is a tropical blenny found in coral reefs located in the western Indian Ocean; in the Red Sea, the East African coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros and St. Brandon Shoals.[3] Due to a lack of major threats to the species, and its wide distribution, the IUCN redlist ranked it as "Least Concern" in 2009.[1]

References
  1. Fricke, R.; McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. (2010). "Enneapterygius abeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155237A4754338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155237A4754338.en.
  2. "Species Enneapterygius abeli Klausewitz 1960". FishWisePro. 1960. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius abeli" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  4. Klausewitz, W., 1960. "Fische aus dem Roten Meer. III. Tripterygion abeli n. sp. (Pisces, Blennioidea, Clinidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 41 (1/2): 11–13.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Holleman, W. (2005). "A review of the triplefin fish genus Enneapterygius (Blennioidei: Tripterygidae) in the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of four new species". Smithiana. Bulletin 5: 1–25.


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