Mottled triplefin

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]

Mottled triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Forsterygion
Species:
F. malcolmi
Binomial name
Forsterygion malcolmi
Hardy, 1987

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forsterygion malcolmi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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