Biology:Mottled triplefin
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Short description: Species of fish
| Mottled triplefin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Forsterygion |
| Species: | F. malcolmi
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| Binomial name | |
| Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987
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The mottled triplefin (Forsterygion malcolmi) is a triplefin of the genus Forsterygion, found around New Zealand at depths down to 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock.[2] Its specific name honours Malcolm Francis of the Fisheries Research Centre in Wellington, New Zealand, who joined Hardy on his trips to collect specimens.[3]
References
- ↑ Clements, K.D. (2014). "Forsterygion malcolmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T179095A1569146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179095A1569146.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179095/1569146. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forsterygion malcolmi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "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 22 May 2019.
- "Forsterygion malcolmi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=638493. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q923183 entry
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