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Black-Spotted Triplefin (Tripterygion melanurus)
FishverifiedLeast Concern

Tripterygion melanurus

Guichenot, 1850

Black-Spotted Triplefin

Also known as: Small Black-Spotted Cave Triplefin, Small Triplefin Blenny

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About
Habitat

Demersal

Depth

3–40 m

Max size

5.3 cm

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy
Class

Teleostei

Order

Blenniiformes

Family

Tripterygiidae

Other species in Tripterygiidae
Matador Triplefin (Enneanectes matador)

Enneanectes matador

Matador Triplefin

Blackedge Triplefin (Enneanectes atrorus)

Enneanectes atrorus

Blackedge Triplefin

Black-Face Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi)

Tripterygion delaisi

Black-Face Blenny

Lofty Triplefin (Enneanectes altivelis)

Enneanectes altivelis

Lofty Triplefin

Red-Black Triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotum)

Tripterygion tripteronotum

Red-Black Triplefin

Two-Bar Triplefin (Enneanectes deloachorum)

Enneanectes deloachorum

Two-Bar Triplefin

Roughhead Triplefin (Enneanectes boehlkei)

Enneanectes boehlkei

Roughhead Triplefin

Windward Triplefin (Enneanectes wilki)

Enneanectes wilki

Windward Triplefin

Image: © Sotiris Kountouras (CC-BY-NC) · iNaturalist (CC-BY-NC) · source