Enneapterygius randalli
(Redirected from Rapa triplefin)
| Enneapterygius randalli | |
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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. randalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Enneapterygius randalli Fricke, 1997
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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
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enneapterygius randalli". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Enneapterygius randalli". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ 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.