''Norfolkia'' 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
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Tripterygiidae. They are found I the
Indo-Pacific
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In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region.
Species
There are four species currently recognised in ''Norfolkia'':
*
Tropical scaly-headed triplefin, ''
Norfolkia brachylepis''
(Schultz, 1960)
*
Leeuwin triplefin
''Norfolkia leeuwin'', known commonly as the Leeuwin triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus '' Norfolkia''. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1994. This species is found in the southern part of the coast of Western Australia ...
, ''
Norfolkia leeuwin''
Fricke, 1994
*
Scalyhead triplefin, ''
Norfolkia squamiceps''
(McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
*
Thomas' triplefin, ''
Norfolkia thomasi''
Whitley, 1964
Etymology
Fowler
described ''Norfolkia lairdi'' from a
type collected at
Kingston, Norfolk Island
Kingston ( Norf'k: ''Daun a'Taun''Buffett, Alice Inez, ''Speak Norfolk Today: An Encyclopedia of the Norfolk Island language'', Himii Publishing, Norfolk Island 1999: 24) is the administrative centre of the Australian external territory of Norfol ...
[ and named the new genus after the island.]
References
Tripterygiidae
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