Biology:Notoclinops

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Notoclinops
Notoclinops segmentatus (Blue-eyed triplefin).jpg
Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Notoclinops
Whitley, 1930
Type species
Tripterygion segmentatum
McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923[1]
Species

See text.

Notoclinops is the name of a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.

Etymology

The generic name Notoclinops refers to the superficial resemblance of the species in Notoclinops to the distantly related genus Notoclinus the two sharing a head lacking in scales, a broken lateral line and four spines in first dorsal fin.[2]

Species

Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Notoclinops". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7184. 
  2. "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 29 May 2019. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Notocliops Species of 'Notocliops' in FishBase. April 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q372325 entry