FB-27516 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27516 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Torquigener Torquigener altipinnis (Ogilby, 1891) Blackcheek threefin Black-cheek threefin Lord Howe black-head triplefin Redcap Triplefin 紅冠雙線鳚 红冠双线鳚 Tripterygion rufopileum Waite, 1904 Vauclusella rufopilea (Waite, 1904) 1997-09-12 2021-10-22 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan0 New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p. (Ref. 5755) Fricke, R.0 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) Kulbicki, M. and J.T. Williams0 Checklist of the shorefishes of Ouvea Atoll, New Caledonia. Atoll Res. Bull. 444:26 p. (Ref. 13236) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. 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(Ref. 94114) FB-pic-27520-20045 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-06 2000-10-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u0.jpg FB-pic-27520-20046 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-06 2000-10-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u1.jpg FB-pic-27520-20047 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-06 2000-10-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u2.jpg FB-pic-27520-20048 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-06 2010-07-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u3.jpg FB-pic-27520-20049 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-06 2000-10-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u4.jpg FB-pic-27520-27665 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 2000-10-19 2000-10-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Enruf_u6.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Enruf_u6.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-09-12 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Adults are found in shallow water and tidal pools (Ref. 13227). They feed on gastropods (Ref. 94105). 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). Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) FB-DiagnosticDescr-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-23 00:00:00 2014-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Small supraorbital tentacle; first dorsal fin in females shorter by 50% than second dorsal fin; in males, shorter by 25%; body translucent gray in both sexes, edges of scales varying from pink to dark reddish brown, the pink-edged scales forming blotches along back; caudal fin base bearing a white bar; top of head red; female head brown and cheek with small white spots, red lower and posterior upper lip; lower part of male head black with exception of lower lip to end of maxilla being bright red and upper part of opercle red. Dorsal rays III + X-XIV + 8-12; lateral line interrupted, 15-20 + 15-21; mandibular pores 4 + 1 + 4 (Ref. 54980). Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Morphology-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Teresa Hilomen 2014-01-23 00:00:00 2014-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 16 - 21 Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Distribution-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-09-12 00:00:00 2014-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Southwest Pacific: Australia, New Caledonia (including the Loyalty Islands), Fiji, and Tonga. Records of this species from the Kermadec Islands (Ref. 8879) are based on Enneapterygius kermadecensis. Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) FB-Uses-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-09-12 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-09-12 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 4.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980)) Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-27520 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-09-12 00:00:00 2024-05-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27520 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 13227) Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)