The scalyhead triplefin (''Norfolkia squamiceps'') is a species 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 ...

blenny in the genus ''

Norfolkia ''Norfolkia'' is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region. Species There are four species currently recognised in ''Norfolkia'': * Tropical scaly-headed triplefin, '' Norfolkia brachylepis'' ...

''. It was described by Allan Riverstone McCulloch and Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1916. Under the

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''Norfolkia lairdi'' it was the

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of Fowler's new genus. This species has been recorded from off

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Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P ...

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and the Loyalty Islands. The adults occur in tidal pools among areas of coral reef.

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Scalyhead triplefin Fish described in 1916 {{blenniiformes-stub