WoRMS taxon details
Enneapterygius hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
277312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277312)
accepted
Species
Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted
Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted
Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tripterigium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tripterygion fuligicauda (Fowler, 1946) · unaccepted
Tripterygion hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) · unaccepted
Tripterygion macrobrachium (Fowler, 1946) · unaccepted
Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Kner, R. ; Steindachner, F. (1867). Neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 54 (pt 3): 356-395, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Enneapterygius hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277312 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
original description (of Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
original description (of Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997) 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). <em>Theses Zool.</em> 29: 1-607. [details]
original description (of Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Kner, R. ; Steindachner, F. (1867). Neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 54 (pt 3): 356-395, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946) Fowler, H. W. (1946). A collection of fishes obtained in the Riu Kiu Islands by Captain Ernest R. Tinkham, A.U.S. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 98: 123-218. [details]
original description (of Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997) 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). <em>Theses Zool.</em> 29: 1-607. [details]
original description (of Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Kner, R. ; Steindachner, F. (1867). Neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 54 (pt 3): 356-395, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ソメワケヘビギンポ [from synonym]アケゴロモヘビギンポ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tripterigium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enneapterygius hemimelas)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enneapterygius similis) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion fuligicauda (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion macrobrachium (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterigium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius hemimelas USNM 220068 neotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius hemimelas USNM 220068 neotype photograph ventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius similis USNM 293726 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius similis USNM 293726 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tripterigium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tripterygion hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enneapterygius hemimelas)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enneapterygius similis) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion fuligicauda (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion macrobrachium (Fowler, 1946))
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius fuligicauda Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius macrobrachium Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterigium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygium hemimelas Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius hemimelas USNM 220068 neotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius hemimelas USNM 220068 neotype photograph ventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius similis USNM 293726 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enneapterygius similis USNM 293726 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997)
To ITIS
