Enneanectes macrops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Enneanectes macrops Rosenblatt; et al., 2013

Holotype: SIO 11-394 (formerly UCLA 58-10).
Paratypes: LACM 9333-5 (formerly UCLA 51-20) (8), 9051-32 (4), 50143 (formerly UCLA 56-231) (1), 48727-6 (formerly UCLA 52-112) (1), 49967-3 (formerly UCLA 56-18) (3), 58002-1 (2); SIO 11-397 (formerly UCLA 51-52) (10), 11-398 (formerly UCLA 51-29) (10), 11-399 (formerly UCLA 51-54) (8), 11-400 (formerly UCLA 51-58) (10), 11-394 (formerly UCLA 58-10) (1), 12-62 (formerly UCLA 58-2) (15), 11-393 (formerly UCLA 58-5) (70), 12-63 (formerly UCLA 58-11) (40), 62-19-61E (18), 62-20-61F (8), 62-55-61I (25), 62-56-61D (24), 62-58-61F (4), 70-163 (19), 70-165 (12), 70-167 (24), 70-169 (11), 01-182 (22), 70-158 (7), 12-64 (formerly UCLA 56-232) (10), 70-155 (31); UW 151894 (1); CAS 235203 (2); USNM 410091 (2), 65483 (1).

Type locality: Mexico, Nayarit, Ensenada Chacala, off Punta Chacala; bottom of sand at foot of boulder slope at a depth of 12 m.

Etymology: From the Greek macros (= long), and ops (= eye), in reference to the comparatively large eye of this species.

English: Mexican triplefin

Rosenblatt, R.H.; Miller, E.C.; Hastings, P.A. 2013: Three new species of triplefin blennies of the genus Enneanectes (Teleostei, Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific with a key to Pacific species of Enneanectes. Zootaxa 3636(2): 361–373. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.7 Reference page.