Enneanectes

Enneanectes is a genus of triplefin fish in the family Tripterygiidae.

Enneanectes
Enneanectes carminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Subfamily:	Tripterygiinae
Genus:	Enneanectes D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895
Type species
Tripterygium carminale D.S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882[1]
Synonyms
Gillias Evermann & Marsh, 1899

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

• Enneanectes altivelis Rosenblatt, 1960 (Lofty triplefin)
• Enneanectes atrorus Rosenblatt, 1960 (Blackedge triplefin)
• Enneanectes boehlkei Rosenblatt, 1960 (Roughhead triplefin)
• Enneanectes carminalis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Carmine triplefin)
• Enneanectes deloachorum Victor, 2013 [2]
• Enneanectes exsul Rosenblatt, 2013 (Island triplefin) [3]
• Enneanectes flavus Victor, 2019[4]
• Enneanectes glendae Rosenblatt, 2013 (Slender triplefin) [3]
• Enneanectes jordani Evermann & Marsh, 1899 (Mimic triplefin)
• Enneanectes macrops Rosenblatt, 2013 (Mexican triplefin) [3]
• Enneanectes matador Victor, 2013 [2]
• Enneanectes quadra Victor, 2017[5]
• Enneanectes reticulatus G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Network triplefin)
• Enneanectes smithi Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1981
• Enneanectes wilki Victor, 2013 [2]

References

1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Enneanectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
2. Victor, B.C. (2013): The Caribbean Roughhead Triplefin (Enneanectes boehlkei): DNA barcoding reveals a complex of four West Indian sympatric cryptic species (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 7: 44-73.
3. 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.
4. Victor, B. C. (2019). "Enneanectes flavus, a new endemic species of triplefin blenny from the southeastern Caribbean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae)". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 32: 1–16.
5. Victor, B. C. (2017). "The status of Enneanectes jordani and a new species of triplefin blenny from the Greater Caribbean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae)". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 27: 48–73.