Biology:Norfolkia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Norfolkia | |
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| Tropical scaly-headed triplefin (Norfolkia brachylepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Norfolkia Fowler, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| Norfolkia lairdi Fowler, 1953[1]
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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:[2]
- Tropical scaly-headed triplefin, Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)
- Leeuwin triplefin, Norfolkia leeuwin Fricke, 1994
- Scalyhead triplefin, Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
- Thomas' triplefin, Norfolkia thomasi Whitley, 1964
Etymology
Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island[1] and named the new genus after the island.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. """Norfolkia". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7192.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Norfolkia 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 27 May 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q2254952 entry
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