Scientific Name	Enneapterygius elegans			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Peters, 1876)	Depth	0 - 12M
Chinese	美九鰭䲁	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	三鰭鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F445　Tripterygiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	美九鰭䲁
Max Length	4.0 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗鰷、三鰭鳚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral	Holotype Locality	Île aux Fouquets, 8 kilometers east of Mahébourg, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
Synonyms
Reference	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；Fishbase(2006)
Specimen List	USNM00227837. USNM00227838. USNM00227839. USNM00227840.
Common Name	Hourglass triplefin
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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