Lepidoblennius
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''Lepidoblennius'' 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
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Tripterygiidae. Both species occur in Australia.


Species

There are currently two species in the genus ''Lepidoblennius'': * Eastern jumping blenny, '' Lepidoblennius haplodactylus''
Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1867
* Western jumping blenny, '' Lepidoblennius marmoratus'' ( W.J. Macleay, 1878)


References

Tripterygiidae {{blenniiformes-stub