Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19. Translucent greyish with irregular dark bars/saddles on back and side. Male with large black spot covering pectoral-fin base and black "mask" covering most of head and breast. Female with oblique black bands on anal fin. Head, chest, and pectoral-fin base scaleless; short, lobate orbital tentacle; mandibular pores 3 + 1 + 3. Maximum size to 3.1 cm TL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Enneapterygius

Species: Enneapterygius unimaculatus Fricke, 1994

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults inhabit rock and coral reefs and may be found in tidepools at depths of 6 m and shallower (Ref. 90102). 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