Species: Enneanectes exsul, Island triplefin
opercle scaled; inner pectoral base - large scale
large scales above LL
Enneanectes exsul Rosenblatt et al, 2013
Island triplefin
Head broad, body robust; a well developed 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 + XIII + 8-9, 1-4 soft rays branched; anal soft rays 15-16; pectoral 15 (14-16); pelvics I (imbedded), 2; scales medium to large, 29-30 in longitudinal series; body scales rough, except smooth on side of belly; head scaleless except small patch of rough scales on opercle; large scale covering upper 2/3 of inner base of pectoral; 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 (17-19).
Body with 5 brown irregular bars, and another on tail base; head heavily mottled with brown, and with several brown bars down from eye; 1st dorsal whitish with brown spots; 2nd dorsal with large brown blotch at front, brown and white mottling behind; 3rd dorsal with brown and white diagonal barring; tail fin brown, with a white basal bar and white rear edge; anal and pectoral fins with brown and cream alternating bars.
Size: 3 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Endemic to the Revillagigedo Islands, 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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- 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
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- All species
- Revillagigedo Islands endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- TEP 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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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
