Enneapterygius atrogulare (Günther, 1873)

Ringscale Threefin

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fa346be0-eb57-4553-9346-8fc67c675cb6

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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Description

The Ringscale Triplefin has a pointed snout and eyes placed high on the head. It has three separate dorsal fins (as do all fishes in the family Tripterygiidae), hence its common name. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Distribution: West Pacific, Australia and Tonga .
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Max_size: 50 mm
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Range: 180.350
Abundance: 2.555
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Diet: Invertebrates, Algae
Common_Name: Black-throat triplefin;Ringscale threefin; saddled triplefin
Depth: (0–17 m)
Frequency: 0.870

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Enneapterygius atrogulare

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Tripterygium atrogulare Günther, 1873
Published in: Günther, A. 1873. Zweiter ichthyologischer Beitrag nach Exemplaren aus dem Museum Godeffroy. J. Mus. Godeffroy Hamburg Vol. 1 (4) pp. 89-92
Tripterygium annulatum Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888
Published in: Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1888. Descriptions of two new fishes from Port Jackson. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 2 Vol. 2 (4) pp. 1021-1023

Common Names

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Ringscale Threefin
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Eastern Australian Blackhead Triplefin
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Saddled Triplefin
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Black Triple-fins
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Blackthroat Triplefin
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Eastern White-barred Threefin
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Ring-scale Threefin
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Ringed Triple-fins
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
BLENNIOIDEI
family
TRIPTERYGIIDAE
genus
Enneapterygius
species
Enneapterygius atrogulare  Recorded in Australia

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