Enneapterygius philippinus, Minute triplefin

Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters, 1868)

Minute triplefin
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Enneapterygius: Greek, ennea = nine times + Greek, pterygion = little fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.

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Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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West Pacific; Philippines. Formerly reported as widespread in the Indo-Pacific region, but occurrence elsewhere refers to another species of Enneapterygius.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138615)

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Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 17. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D2 10-13 (modally 11); pored lateral-line scales 11-15; notched lateral-line scales 17-22; scales below the first notched lateral-line scale 2-4 (modally 3); head short, its length 24.7-32.4% of SL; upper jaw short, its length 7.4-11.0% of SL; long and slightly rounded orbital tentacle (its length 76.5% of pupil diameter); double symphyseal mandibular pores (mandibular pore formula 3 + 2 + 3); black area in nuptial males is restricted to the lower half of the head (Ref. 138615).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults occur in tide pools; in shallow water on beach rock, brown algae and coralline algae. 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).

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Dewa, Y., S Tashiro and H. Motomura, 2023. A new species of the genus Enneapterygius (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae) from Japan and the Philippines, with a synopsis and synonymy of related species. Zootaxa 5374(3):333-360. (Ref. 138615)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 05 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00617 (0.00292 - 0.01304), b=3.03 (2.85 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.0   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 634 [211, 3,017] mg/100g; Iron = 2.99 [0.90, 7.48] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.0937 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 65.3 [10.1, 327.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 34 [4, 305] μg/100g; Zinc = 6.76 [2.64, 13.74] mg/100g (wet weight);