Species: Enneanectes reticulatus, Flag triplefin, Network triplefin, Reticulated triplefin
opercle scaled; inner pectoral base - no large scale
Enneanectes reticulatus Allen & Robertson, 1991
Flag triplefin, Reticulated triplefin, Network triplefin
Head moderate, body robust; a short, broad cirrus over eye; no cirri on nape; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; bone that carries nostrils without spines or with a few small spines; dorsal fins: III + XII-XIII + 9-11, soft rays branched except for first 1-2 and last ray; anal soft rays 17-20; pectoral 16 (15-17); pelvic fins completely separate; scales medium to large, 31-34 in longitudinal series; body scales rough, except smooth on side of belly; head scaleless except small patch of scales on upper opercle; scales absent on pectoral-fin base and middle of belly; first 2 scalesabove lateral line equal in size; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored (14-17), those on rear part notched (19-22).
Whitish or tan; female with 4 slightly diagonal brown bars on side and black band around base of tail fin; scale margins dusky imparting network pattern; male with reddish head, 4 black bars on body and tail black with two white bars.
Size: grows to about 6.9 cm.
Habitat: occurs along rocky shores.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Central Baja through the lower Gulf of California.
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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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- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Cortez province endemic
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
