Mottled triplefin

Mottled triplefin
A mottled triplefin seen off the coast of Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Forsterygion
Species:
F. malcolmi
Binomial name
Forsterygion malcolmi
Hardy, 1987

The mottled triplefin (Forsterygion malcolmi) is a triplefin of the genus Forsterygion, found around New Zealand at depths down to 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock. Its specific name honours Malcolm Francis of the Fisheries Research Centre in Wellington, New Zealand, who joined Hardy on his trips to collect specimens.

References

  1. ↑ Clements, K.D. (2014). "Forsterygion malcolmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T179095A1569146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179095A1569146.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Forsterygion malcolmi". 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 22 May 2019.