FB-51547 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51547 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae Enneapterygius Enneapterygius nigricauda Fricke, 1997 New Caledonian blackhead surf triplefin Surf Triplefin 1999-02-18 2024-05-13 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Fricke, R.0 Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. (Ref. 41414) Randall, J.E.0 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez0 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942) Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of blennies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 482 p. (Ref. 93609) Watson, W.0 Larval development in blennies. pp. 309-350. In Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor (eds.) The biology of blennies. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA. 482 p. (Ref. 94114) FB-GeneralDescr-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1999-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Adults are found in shallow waters, surge channels and tidal pools around fringing reefs where wave action is high; some found in the big surf, oxygen-rich habitat (Ref. 27223). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114). Fricke, R. 1997 Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223) FB-DiagnosticDescr-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-23 00:00:00 2014-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Small supraorbital tentacle; first dorsal fin shorter by 50% than second dorsal fin; females translucent pale gray to white with red or dark brown double bars on body; an oblique, red to dark brown band from upper lip to eye; a red or dark brown blotch on opercle and pectoral-fin base; transparent median fins with red rays; males red with faint, dark brown bars; chest and lower half of head dark gray with scattered black spots almost as large as pupil. Dorsal rays III + XI-XIV + 7-10; lateral line interrupted, 14-18 + 16-20; mandibular pores 4-5 + 2 + 4-5 (Ref. 54980). Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Morphology-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-23 00:00:00 2014-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 17 - 21 Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Distribution-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1999-02-18 00:00:00 2014-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Western Central Pacific: New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Fricke, R. 1997 Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223) FB-Uses-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1999-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1999-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 3.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)) Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-51553 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1999-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51553 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 54980) Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980)