Species: Enneanectes deloachorum, Two-bar triplefin, Twobar triplefin
before eye spiny
last 2 body bars v dark
C 2 wide dark bars; A 3-4 blotches
D1 short
3 rows scales above LL
Enneanectes deloachorum Victor, 2013
Two-bar triplefin
Head moderate, body robust; snout blunt, short, usually much less than eye; front of eye and around nostrils spiny; a short, elongate, blunt cirrus over eye, no cirri on nape; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; 3 dorsal fins: III + XII-XIII + 8-9, first fin usually short, usually not reaching base of 2nd spine of 2nd dorsal fin, except in large males, normally some soft rays branched; anal fin II, 16 -17; pectoral 15 (15-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored 15-16, those on rear part notched, 19-23; cheek, pectoral base and belly unscaled;body scales rough; 3 rows of scales (top row small) scales between straight part of lateral line and base of dorsal fin.
Body and head brown, sometimes with reddish tones, particularly on head; lower head may be yellow; iris with red radiating bars; 5 dark bars on body, 4th and 5th much darker than first 3, 5th a little darker than 4th, 5th sometimes narrower than pale interspace before it, that interspace often with accessory dark bar or blotch; second dorsal fin with 3 round dark spots on its base, outer edge dark; anal fin with 3-4 dark blotches, at times all black; tail fin with 2 dark bars, separated by a narrow whitish bar, those dark bars variably black, black with red centers, red or yellow-brown.
Reaches 2.6 cm.
Lives in coral formations.
Depth range: 0-3 m.
The windward and southwest Antilles, Venezuela.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Sessile crustacea
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 3
