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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Acanthanectes: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335); rufus: Greek, acanthos = "spine" or "thorn" + Greek, nectes = "swimmer"; refers to the lateral branching spines of the dorsal fin elements; "rufus" = adjectival and is given for the species' reddish color (Ref. 35802).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 25 m (Ref. 27223). Subtropical; 23°S - 37°S, 22°E - 36°E (Ref. 56260)

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Southeast Atlantic: Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35802)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 21 - 22; Vertebrae: 35 - 36.

Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fricke, Ronald | Collaborators

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 Zool. 29:1-607. (Ref. 27223)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Acanthanectes rufus Holleman & Buxton, 1993