Enneapterygius randalli

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Enneapterygius randalli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. randalli
Binomial name
Enneapterygius randalli
Fricke, 1997

Enneapterygius randalli, the Rapa triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius . [2] It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1997. [3] who honoured the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall in its specific name, Randall collected many of the type series. [4] This species is known only from French Polynesia where it is found off Rapa Iti and Marotiri in the southern Austral Islands. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, J. (2014). "Enneapterygius randalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T178911A1546789. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178911A1546789.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius randalli". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Enneapterygius randalli". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 May 2019.