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 Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. Th ...
native to
New Zealand, but also
introduced to
Tasmania, Australia, most likely in shipments of oysters.
It is found in rock pools and depths down to 30 metres, in
reef areas of broken rock with
kelp.
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References
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*Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
Forsterygion
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish described in 1801
Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster
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