Biology:Kulbicki's triplefin

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Kulbicki's triplefin
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Springerichthys
Species:
S. kulbickii
Binomial name
Springerichthys kulbickii
(Fricke & Randall, 1994)
Synonyms

Gracilopterygion kulbickii Fricke & Randall, 1994

The Kulbicki's triplefin (Springerichthys kulbickii) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys.[2] It was described by Ronald Fricke and John E. Randall in 1994,[3] honouring the fish ecologist reef-fish ecologist Michel L. Kulbicki of L'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer in Nouméa, who collected type in New Caledonia, in its specific name.[4] Kulbicki's triplefin is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Queensland, Australia across the central Pacific to the Samoa, where it is found on rocky and coral reefs down to 15 metres (49 ft) in depth.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Williams, J. (2014). "Springerichthys kulbickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T178951A1551886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178951A1551886.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178951/1551886. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Springerichthys kulbickii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Gracilopterygion kulbickii". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=63058. 
  4. "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 31 May 2019. 

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