Variable triplefin
The variable triplefin or striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium, is a triplefin native to New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia, most likely in shipments of oysters.[1] It is found in rock pools and depths down to 30 metres, in reef areas of broken rock with kelp.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Forsterygion |
| Species: | F. varium |
| Binomial name | |
| Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801) | |
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References
- Clements, K.D. (2014). "Forsterygion varium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179014A1559417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179014A1559417.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forsterygion varium" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- "Forsterygion varium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5
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