Species: Enneanectes jordani, Redeye triplefin
iris: 6 red spokes
front part LL: several dark spots
rear body often orange/red
dark bar under eye
D1 short
C: strong narrow front bar + wide rear bar
Enneanectes jordani (Evermann and Marsh, 1899)
Redeye triplefin
Head moderate, snout short; body robust; front of eye and around nostrils spiny; cirrus over eye wider than long, blunt; no cirri on nape; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; three dorsal fins: III + XII (XI-XIII) + 7, 1st fin much shorter than second, normally some soft rays branched; anal soft rays 15 (15-16); pectoral 15 (14-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored 13 (12-13), those on rear part notched (17-20); cheek behind eye with 2-3 rough scales; pectoral base and belly scaled; body scales rough; 2 rows scales (top row smaller) above rear part of lateral line.
Head & body tan; rear body often orange or red; a prominent dark bar under eye; body with several dark spots along front part of lateral line, 5 dark bars, last bar darkest, narrowly rectangular, corners square to rounded; a narrow red bar behind last dark bar; 1st dorsal with 2 dark bands; anal fin uniform or with slanted bars; tail fin with a strong narrow dark bar at front, a broad, indistinct bar behind.
Reaches 4 cm.
Shallow sheltered reef formations, often on the underside of ledges.
Depth range: 0-11 m, usually < 6 m.
Florida, the Bahamas, through the Caribbean.
Note: E. pectoralis is a synonym.
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- Inshore
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- Bottom
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
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- Reef Associated
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Sessile crustacea
- Sessile worms
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
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- 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)
- Continent
- All species..
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- Resident
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 11
