Forsterygion

Forsterygion
Yellow-and-black triplefin
Forsterygion flavonigrum
Striped triplefin Forsterygion varium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Forsterygion
Whitley & Phillipps, 1939
Type species
Blennius varius
Forster, 1801
Species

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Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

Species

The following species are classified in this genus:

Etymology

The name of this genus is an amalgam of Forster (in honour of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), a naturalist aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage on HMS Resolution who collected the type on this voyage, describing it and naming it Blennius varius) – and -ygion, the second part of the genus Tripterygion, into which F. varius and F. nigripenne had been placed.

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Forsterygion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Forsterygion". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 May 2019.