The mottled triplefin (''Forsterygion malcolmi'') 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 ...
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:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours Malcolm Francis of the Fisheries Research Centre in
Wellington, New Zealand, who joined Hardy on his trips to collect
specimens.
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)
Mottled triplefin
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish described in 1987
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