''Forsterygion'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the
family Tripterygiidae native to coastal
New Zealand, but also
introduced to
Tasmania, Australia.
Species
The following species are classified in this genus:
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Spotted robust triplefin
''Forsterygion capito'' (genbank common name: spotted robust triplefin) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus ''Forsterygion''. It was Species description, described by Leonard Jenyns, Jenyns in 1842. This species is Endemism, endemic to N ...
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Forsterygion capito
''Forsterygion capito'' (genbank common name: spotted robust triplefin) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus '' Forsterygion''. It was described by Jenyns in 1842. This species is endemic to New Zealand where it occurs around the Nort ...
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Yellow-and-black triplefin
The yellow-and-black triplefin, ''Forsterygion flavonigrum'', 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, Pac ...
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Forsterygion flavonigrum''
Fricke & Roberts, 1994
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Tasmanian robust triplefin
''Forsterygion gymnotum'', known commonly as the Tasmanian robust triplefin, is a species of triplefin
Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate ...
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Forsterygion gymnotum
''Forsterygion gymnotum'', known commonly as the Tasmanian robust triplefin, is a species of triplefin
Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate ...
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Common triplefin
The common triplefin (''Forsterygion lapillum'') is a fish of the genu ''Forsterygion'', found around the coast of New Zealand down to depths of about 15 m. Its length is between 4 and 8 cm. It is commonly found in intertidal rock pools. It ...
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Forsterygion lapillum''
Hardy, 1989
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Mottled triplefin
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 Specific name may refer to:
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Forsterygion malcolmi
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 Specific name may refer to:
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Hardy, 1987
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Oblique-swimming triplefin, ''
Forsterygion maryannae''
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Estuarine triplefin
The estuarine triplefin or cockabully (''Forsterygion nigripenne'') is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus '' Forsterygion''. It was described by Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French z ...
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Forsterygion nigripenne
The estuarine triplefin or cockabully (''Forsterygion nigripenne'') is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus '' Forsterygion''. It was described by Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French z ...
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Striped triplefin
The variable triplefin or striped triplefin (''Forsterygion varium'') 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 At ...
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Forsterygion varium
The variable triplefin or striped triplefin (''Forsterygion varium'') 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 At ...
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( Forster, 1801)
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 ; he collected the
type
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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
Marine fish genera
Tripterygiidae
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