Enneanectes jordani

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| image = FMIB 38120 Gillias jordani Evermann & Marsh.jpeg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=Enneanectes jordani |volume=2014 |page=e.T179116A1571809 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179116A1571809.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Enneanectes jordani

| authority = (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)

| synonyms = *Gillias jordani Evermann & Marsh, 1899

  • Enneapterygius jordani (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
  • Enneapterygius pectoralis Fowler, 1941
  • Enneanectes pectoralis (Fowler, 1941)

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Enneanectes jordani, known commonly as the redbelly triplefin and the mimic triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny from the northern Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico south as far as Venezuela.{{FishBase|Enneanectes|jordani|month=April|year=2019}} The specific name honours the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851-1931).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | accessdate = 16 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}} Some authorities consider the synonym Enneanectes pectoralis to be a valid species.

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jordani

Category:Fish described in 1899

Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann

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