Species: Axoclinus multicinctus, Multi-barred triplefin
male: black C
Axoclinus multicinctus Allen & Robertson, 1992
Multi-barred triplefin
Body short, robust; head large; cirri on head small, simple, 1 pair over nostrils, 1 pair over eyes; a few spines between eyes; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; three dorsal fins (III + XII + 9-10); dorsal fin soft rays unbranched, except last 1 branched to base; anal fin II, 18; pelvic fins completely separate; lateral line gradually descending from upper edge of gill cover to midlateral axis, with 23-24 tubed scales followed by 11-12 notched scales; scales above lateral line about as wide as long; scales small, none on head, breast, belly, and base of pectoral fins; total scales in longitudinal series 34-35.
Body with three sets of "double" reddish-brown to blackish bars; pale interspaces between bars with narrow, faint brown bar through its center; a small blackish blotch on body just behind upper pectoral base; an intense black band on tail base; vertebral column with a series of short white streaks; base of tail fin with narrow red and white bars male: outer half of first dorsal fin and tail fin blackish.
Size: reaches about 3 cm.
Habitat: rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-20 m.
Known only from the Revillagigedos Islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Revillagigedo Islands endemic
- Island (s) only
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
