Mottled triplefin | |
---|---|
A mottled triplefin seen off the coast of Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Forsterygion |
Species: | F. malcolmi
|
Binomial name | |
Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987
|
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]