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WoRMS taxon details

Enneapterygius ventermaculus Holleman, 1982

AphiaID

219181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219181)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Enneapterygius Rüppell, 1835

Original name

Enneapterygius ventermaculus Holleman, 1982

Synonymised names

Enneapterygius nasimae Hoda, 1983 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Holleman, W. (1982). Three new species and a new genus of tripterygiid fishes (Blennioidei) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 14 (pt 4): 109-137. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Enneapterygius ventermaculus Holleman, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219181 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-01-02 17:49:40Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Holleman, W. (1982). Three new species and a new genus of tripterygiid fishes (Blennioidei) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 14 (pt 4): 109-137. [details]

original description (of Enneapterygius nasimae Hoda, 1983) Hoda, S. M. S. (1983). Enneapterygius nasimae a new species of tripterygiid fish from Karachi coast, northern Arabian Sea. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 30 (1): 116-123. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]