Species: Axoclinus cocoensis, Cocos triplefin
Axoclinus cocoensis Bussing, 1991
Cocos triplefin
Body short, robust; head large; cirri on head small, simple, 1 pair over nostrils, 1 pair over eyes; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; three dorsal fins (III + XIII + 9); dorsal fin soft rays unbranched; anal fin II, 18; pelvic fins completely separate; lateral line gradually descending from upper edge of gill cover to midlateral axis, with 21-26 tubed scales followed by 8-12 notched scales; scales above lateral line about twice as wide as long; scales small, none on head, breast, belly, and base of pectoral fins; total scales in longitudinal series 33-35.
Female: greyish, with orange lines on head and 3 irregular orange bars on body; Male: head reddish, side with 3 broad dark brown bars with narrow whitish spaces between them; a black band around base of tail; caudal fin frequently black with pale base.
Size: reaches about 3.5 cm.
Inhabits shallow rocky areas.
Depth: 1-35 m.
Isla del Coco.
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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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Cocos Island endemic
- Island (s) only
- TEP endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Length Max
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- 3.5
