Apopterygion oculus

The ocellate triplefin, Apopterygion oculus, is a threefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae, found around the coast of New Zealand to depths of between 14 and 186 m in reef areas of broken rock and shellgrit. Its length is up to 6.3 cm.[2]

Ocellate triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Apopterygion
Species:
A. oculus
Binomial name
Apopterygion oculus
Fricke & Roberts, 1994

References

  1. Clements, K.D.; Williams, J. & Holleman, W. (2014). "Apopterygion oculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T178905A1546068. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Apopterygion oculus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.


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