Species: Enneanectes macrops, Mexican triplefin
opercle scaled; inner pectoral base - no large scale
Enneanectes macrops Rosenblatt et al, 2013
Mexican triplefin
Head broad, body robust; eye large, high; cirrus over eye well developed, flap-like, with fringed edge; no cirri on nape; top of head behind eyes with small, close-set spines; bone bearing nostrils with spines; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; top of head and upper opercular margin spiny; 3 dorsal fins: III + XI-XIII + 8-10, 4-8 soft rays branched; anal soft rays16-18; pectoral 15 (14-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; scales medium to large, 31-33 in longitudinal series; body scales rough, belly ranging from completely covered with smooth scales to scales only along side, to scaleless; head scaleless except well developed patch of rough scales on opercle; no large scale covering upper 2/3 of inner base of pectoral; first 2 scalesabove lateral line equal in size; lateral line in 2 straight, slightly overlapping sections, scales on front part pored (16-18), those on rear part notched (17-20).
Body with brown edges on scales forming a meshwork; 4 irregular dark bars on body and one on base of tail; head with two dark bars under eye, and another on preopercle, operculum mostly dark; top of tail base with white stripe; tail fin dark, with clear central bar; dorsal fins and anal fin with diagonal dark bars; pectoral with dark base, fin with alternating dark and yellowish bars.
Size: 5 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-15 m.
SE Gulf of California to southern Mexico.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- 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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- 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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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
