Species: Enneanectes wilki, Windward triplefin
before eye spiny
A ~6 blotches
pectoral base & belly scaleless
yellowish accessory bar before bar 5
D1 short
Enneanectes wilki Victor, 2013
Windward 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 (XI-XII) + 8 (7-9), 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 (15-17); pectoral 15 (15-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored 14 (13-16), those on rear part notched, 22 (20-23); cheek, pectoral base and belly unscaled; body scales rough; 3 rows of scales (top row small) above rear part of lateral line.
Body and head brown, sometimes with reddish tones, particularly on head; iris with red radiating bars; a single dark bar from eye to top jaw; 5 bars on body, 4th and 5th not much darker than first 3, 5th a little darker than 4th, 5th usually narrower than pale interspace before it, that interspace with accessory, yellow edged dark bar or blotch; second dorsal fin with 3 round dark spots on its base, outer edge thinly dark; anal fin with 4-6 dark blotches; tail fin with a red bar at front then 2 or more red or dusky red bars (sometimes irregular), separated by thin whitish bars, last of which is on fin tip.
Reaches 2.0 cm.
Lives in coral formations.
Depth range: 1-10 m.
The lesser Antilles.
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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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- 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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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Sessile crustacea
- Sessile worms
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- Island (s)
- Antilles endemic
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
