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Bony fish

Highcrest Triplefin

Enneapterygius pusillus

Also known as: Pixie Triplefin, Threefin, Threefin Blenny, Triplefin

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · September 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found close to reef bases, blending in with dead corals and stones, on mud, and silty sand substrates, over sheltered bays and lagoons, rich in algae growth.

This fish can show red fluorescence from parts of its body when using a filter because of the presence of "guanine crystals"

These Blenny related fish have three fins which gives them the their name "Triplefins"

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
camouflaged

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indian Ocean
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Found close to reef bases, blending in with dead corals and stones, on mud, and silty sand substrates, over sheltered bays and lagoons, rich in algae growth.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyTripterygiidae
    6. genusEnneapterygius
    7. speciesEnneapterygius pusillus Rüppell, 1835

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    More in the family

    Triplefin Blennies (Tripterygiidae)