Inhabits rocky boulders in a 2-5 m depth range and lives in small groups, each comprising a male and several females (Ref. 48636). Lives on rock surfaces and under ledges; common at depths less than 10 m.

Indo-Pacific: widely distributed. The species complex is being revised by J.T. Williams.

Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 18 - 20; Vertebrae: 34 - 35

Maximum size: 57 mm SL

5.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 6211))

Males distinctly colored during courtship, but look drab at other times (Ref. 48636).

Paratype for Tripterygion ellioti Herre
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): A. Herre
Year Collected: 1940
Locality: India: Vizagapatam Maharanepeta Beach, India, Indian

Depth range based on 32 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 19 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 75
  Temperature range (°C): 24.608 - 28.709
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.112 - 3.114
  Salinity (PPS): 33.821 - 36.032
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.450 - 4.824
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.107 - 0.546
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.057 - 4.277

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 1 - 75

Temperature range (°C): 24.608 - 28.709

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.112 - 3.114

Salinity (PPS): 33.821 - 36.032

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.450 - 4.824

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.107 - 0.546

Silicate (umol/l): 1.057 - 4.277
 
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demersal; marine; depth range 2 - 5 m (Ref. 48636)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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