Spotted Robust Triplefin
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''Forsterygion capito'' (genbank common name: spotted robust triplefin) 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 ...
blenny in the genus '' Forsterygion''. It was described by Jenyns in 1842. This species is endemic to New Zealand where it occurs around the North and
South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
Islands,
Stewart Island Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across the Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land ar ...
, Auckland Islands,
Snares Islands The Snares Islands / Tini Heke, known colloquially as The Snares, is a group of uninhabited islands lying about 200 km south of New Zealand's South Island and to the south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura. The Snares consist of the ...
, Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands. The adults occur along sheltered coastal reefs and in harbours and bays with substrates consisting of rock and shell. They range in depth from intertidal pools to , or more. They prey on small benthic animals which are swallowed whole.


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Forsterygion Fish described in 1842 {{Blenniiformes-stub