The estuarine triplefin or cockabully (''Forsterygion nigripenne'') is a species of
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 ...
blenny in the genus ''
Forsterygion''.
It was
described by
Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist.
Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. ...
in 1836.
It is found in the Southwest Pacific, throughout New Zealand.
References
Estuarine triplefin
Fish described in 1836
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