Miracle Threefin, Enneapterygius mirabilis Fricke 1994
Other Names: Miracle Triplefin
A male Miracle Threefin, Enneapterygius mirabilis, at Kri Eco, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Source: Paddy Ryan / http://www.ryanphotographic.com/. License: All rights reserved
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Enneapterygius mirabilis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1120
Miracle Threefin, Enneapterygius mirabilis Fricke 1994
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Distribution |
Recorded from the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in eastern Indonesia, and northern Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu. Inhabits outer reef slopes. |
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Species Citation |
Enneapterygius mirabilis Fricke 1994, Theses Zool. 24: 251, fig. 48. Type locality: Escape Reef, QLD. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Miracle Threefin, Enneapterygius mirabilis Fricke 1994
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 24: 1-585.
Fricke, R 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 29: 1-607.
Williams, J. & Holleman, W. 2014. Enneapterygius mirabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T179037A1562226. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179037A1562226.en. Downloaded on 20 January 2016.
