Enneapterygius phoenicosoma

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

Familia: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species: Enneapterygius phoenicosoma

Name

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma Motomura et al., 2015

• Holotype: KAUM I. 21960.
• Paratypes: (70).

Type locality: off Nagasaki-bana, Kushikino-kose, Ichiki-kushikino, Kagoshima, Japan, 31°42'24"N, 130°15'44"E, 0.5–1 m depth..

Etymology: From the Greek phoenico meaning red and soma (= body), in reference to the red body of nuptial males.

Vernacular names

English: Red-bodied Triplefin
日本語: Aka-hebigimpo

References

• Motomura, H., Ota, R., Meguro, M. & Tashiro, S., 2015: Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity 20: 1–12. DOI: 10.12782/sd.20.1.001