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Common names: Horned triplefin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Ponape (Ref. 27223).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1997
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Common names from other countries

Striped spiny-eye triplefin, Helena's spiny eye triplefin, Helena's spiny-eye triplefin, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Ceratobregma: Greek, keras = horn + Greek, bregma = the front of the head (Ref. 45335).

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 0 - 40 m (Ref. 27223). Tropical

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 30874); Taiwan to southwestern and southeastern Australia and American Samoa.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 54980)

Short description Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 18 - 20; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 9 - 10; Εδρικές άκανθες: 2; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 19 - 21. Has a reddish head with rose blotches and an olive green body with irregular light streaks and blotches.

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Fricke, Ronald | Συνεργάτες

Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)