Enneanectes carminalis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) .

Carmine Triplefin or Delicate Triplefish. To 4.1 cm (1.6 in) SL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Islas San Benito (Ramírez-Valdez et al. 2015), and Bahía Magdalena, southern Baja California, into central Gulf of California, to Oaxaca, Mexico (Thomson et al. 2000). Benthic; depth: 1–15 m (3–49 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2015; max.: Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). Classified by some authors in Axoclinus; see review of taxonomic status in Smith and Williams (2002). Enneanectes sexmaculatus is a synonym.