Species: Enneanectes carminalis, Delicate triplefin
opercle scaled; inner pectoral base - large scale
large scales above LL
Enneanectes carminalis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Delicate triplefin
Head moderate, body slender; a short, broad cirrus over eye, no cirri on nape; bone bearing nostrils with a row of small spines; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; top of head and upper opercular margin spiny; 3 dorsal fins: III + X-XII + 7-9, last 4-5 soft rays branched; anal soft rays15-16; pectoral 15 (14-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; scales medium to large, 28-32 in longitudinal series; body scales rough, except smooth just in front of anus; head scaleless except several scales on upper opercle; large scale present inside pectoral base and at start of lateral line; scales of 1st row above lateral line much larger than those in 2nd row; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored (14-16), those on rear part notched (16-19).
Tan with 5-6 relatively narrow dark bars on side, including intense black bar on tail base; brown bar below eye; a prominent dark brown spot or blotch at base of lower pectoral rays; pectoral fin with narrow dark bars.
Size: reaches 3.8 cm.
Inhabits shallow reefs.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Central Baja to the central Gulf of California to Panama.
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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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- Rocks
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Sessile worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Sessile crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
