Enneapterygius elaine is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by Wouter Holleman in 2005.[3] It is a tropical blenny known from Rodrigues Island, in the western Indian Ocean. Male Enneapterygius elaine can reach a maximum length of 2.3 centimetres.[2] The specific name honours Elaine Heemstra of the Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity in Grahamstown who provided illustrations of reef fish for Holleman, including some in the paper in which this species was described.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Enneapterygius |
| Species: | E. elaine
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| Binomial name | |
| Enneapterygius elaine Holleman, 2005
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J. (2014). "Enneapterygius elaine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179013A1559314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179013A1559314.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius elaine". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Holleman, W. (2005). "A review of the triplefin fish genus Enneapterygius (Blennioidei: Tripterygidae) in the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of four new species". Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity (Bulletin No. 5): 1–25.
- ^ 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 17 May 2019.
External links
edit- Enneapterygius elaine at www.fishwise.co.za.
- Enneapterygius elaine at Encyclopedia of Life
- Enneapterygius elaine at World Register of Marine Species
- Enneapterygius elaine at www.zipcodezoo.com