The southern barred triplefin, ''Brachynectes fasciatus'', is a

triplefin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. Th ...

of the

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Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus ''Brachynectes'', found around

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's south coast including

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at depths down to 13 m. Its length is only up to about 41 mm. The southern barred triplefin is found in rock pools and amongst

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beds.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2753425 Tripterygiidae Fish of Australia Fish described in 1957