Biology:Forsterygion

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Forsterygion
Fosterygion flavonigrum (Yellow & black triplefin).jpg
Yellow-and-black triplefin
Forsterygion flavonigrum
Variable triplefin.JPG
Striped triplefin Forsterygion varium
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Forsterygion
Whitley & Phillipps , 1939
Type species
Blennius varius
Forster, 1801[1]
Species

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Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

Species

The following species are classified in this genus:[2]

Etymology

The name of this genus is an amalgam of Forster in honour of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) – a naturalist aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage on HMS Resolution; he collected the type on this voyage, describing it and naming it Blennius varius – and -ygion, the second part of the genus Tripterygion, into which F. varius and F. nigripenne had been placed.[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Forsterygion". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6483. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Forsterygion in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/. Retrieved 21 May 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2750597 entry