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Forsterygion

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Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyTripterygiidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
Family
Tripterygiidae
Collections
TCWC, USNM, SIO, NHMUK, AM
Recorded in
New Zealand

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tripterygiidae
Image
Fosterygion flavonigrum (Yellow & black triplefin).jpg
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Commons category
Forsterygion
taxon name
Forsterygion
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Forsterygion
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  • Etymology
  • References

Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

==Species== The following species are classified in this genus: Spotted robust triplefin, Forsterygion capito (Jenyns, 1842) Yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum Fricke & Roberts, 1994 Tasmanian robust triplefin, Forsterygion gymnotum Scott, 1977 Common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989 Mottled triplefin, Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987 Oblique-swimming triplefin, Forsterygion maryannae (Hardy, 1987) Estuarine triplefin, Forsterygion nigripenne (Valenciennes, 1836) Striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)

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