Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Enneapterygius

Species: Enneapterygius kermadecensis Fricke, 1994

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults occur in tidal pools (Ref. 13227). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless