The yellow triplefin (Enneapterygius abeli),[3]> also known as the Abel's triplefin in South Africa,[3] is a species of triplefin in the genus Enneapterygius.[3] Males in this species can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres.[3] The blennies are generally bright yellow in colour, and males have black heads.[3] They feed mostly on benthic invertebrates.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Enneapterygius |
| Species: | E. abeli
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| Enneapterygius abeli (Klausewitz, 1960)[2]
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In 1960, Wolfgang Klausewitz described the species, originally assigning it to the genus Tripterygion under "T. abeli".[4] It was later reassigned to Helcogramma, before being reassigned to Enneapterygius by W. Holleman in 2005.[5]
The fish is named in honor of Austrian biologist Erich F. Abel (1919-1995) of the University of Vienna, who worked on the ecology and ethology of fishes of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and who donated the type specimens from the Red Sea to the Senckenberg Museum.[6]
Distribution
editThe yellow triplefin is a tropical blenny found in coral reefs located in the western Indian Ocean; in the Red Sea, the East African coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros and St. Brandon Shoals.[3] Due to a lack of major threats to the species, and its wide distribution, the IUCN redlist ranked it as "Least Concern" in 2009.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Fricke, R.; McEachran, J.; Williams, J.T. (2010). "Enneapterygius abeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155237A4754338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155237A4754338.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Enneapterygius abeli Klausewitz 1960". FishWisePro. 1960. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius abeli". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Klausewitz, W., 1960. "Fische aus dem Roten Meer. III. Tripterygion abeli n. sp. (Pisces, Blennioidea, Clinidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 41 (1/2): 11–13.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Holleman, W. (2005). "A review of the triplefin fish genus Enneapterygius (Blennioidei: Tripterygidae) in the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of four new species". Smithiana. Bulletin 5: 1–25.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
External links
edit- Yellow triplefin at World Register of Marine Species
- Yellow triplefin at ITIS
- Photos of Yellow triplefin on Sealife Collection
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