Species: Enneanectes quadra, Mimic triplefin, Squaretail triplefin
eye cirrus narrow
iris: 3 red spokes at front, broad red band behind
D1 short, 2 dark bars; D2 12
front LL 13, no dark spots
pectoral base & belly scaled
Enneanectes quadra Victor, 2017
Squaretail triplefin
Head moderate, body robust; front of eye and around nostrils spiny; cirrus over eye longer than wide, pointed, no cirri on nape; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; three dorsal fins: III + XII (XI-XII) + 7-8 1st dorsal shorter than second; normally some soft rays branched; anal soft rays 15 (15-16); pectoral 15 (14-15); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored 13 (13-14), those on rear part notched (18-20); cheek behind eye without scales; pectoral base and belly scaled; 2 rows scales (upper row small) above rear part of lateral line; body scales rough.
Body translucent, rear not orange to red; iris with 3 red spokes in front, a broad red band behind; body with 5 vertical brown bars, last one darkest, a wide rectangle with squared corners; a short dark bar under eye; 1st dorsal with 2 dark bands; anal fin with 6-8 dark bars; no dark spots on front part of lateral line; tail fin without bars.
Reaches 4 cm.
Lives in rock ledges and complex coral formations, in sheltered areas.
Depth range: 1-6 m.
An uncommon species from the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, west Caribbean atolls, Belize and Honduras.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Sessile crustacea
- Sessile worms
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
