Miracle Triplefin

Description: Semitransparent greenish with white saddle below near part of second and third dorsal fin, or whitish with 4-5 greenish to brownish bars (sometimes branched ventrally); first dorsal fin and margins of second and third dorsal fin whitish. Dorsal rays III + X-XIII + 8-11; anal rays I,16-20; pectoral rays 13-14; pelvic rays I,2; lateral line interrupted, 5-12 + 20-29; head, chest, and pectoral-fin base scaleless; short orbital tentacle present; mandibular pores 4 + 2 + 4; first dorsal fin very tall, much higher than second dorsal, sometimes with filamentous tip on first spine. Maximum size 3.3 cm TL (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 16 - 20

Adults are found in coral reef areas, on reef slopes close to the outer reef (Ref. 13227). 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).

fisheries: of no interest

Enneapterygius mirabilis, the miracle triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1994 who gave it the specific name mirabilis, meaning "admirable", because its notable large pectoral fins and first dorsal fin were pretty.