The Kulbicki's triplefin (''Springerichthys kulbickii'') is a species of

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Springerichthys ''Springerichthys'' is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. The two species in this genus are found in the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy and characteristics The genus is closely related to the genera '' Ceratobregma'' and ''Enn ...

''. It was described by Ronald Fricke and John E. Randall in 1994, honouring the fish

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reef-fish ecologist Michel L. Kulbicki of L'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer in Nouméa, who collected

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, in its

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. Kulbicki's triplefin is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean from

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, Australia across the central Pacific to the

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, where it is found on rocky and coral reefs down to in depth.

References

Kulbicki's triplefin Fish described in 1994 {{blenniiformes-stub