Forsterygion

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Forsterygion
Fosterygion flavonigrum (Yellow & black triplefin).jpg
Yellow-and-black triplefin
Forsterygion flavonigrum
Variable triplefin.JPG
Striped triplefin Forsterygion varium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Forsterygion
Whitley & Phillipps , 1939
Type species
Blennius varius
Forster, 1801[1]
Species

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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[]

The following species are classified in this genus:[2]

Etymology[]

The name of this genus is an amalgam of Forster in honour of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) – a naturalist aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage on HMS Resolution; he collected the type on this voyage, describing it and naming it Blennius varius – and -ygion, the second part of the genus Tripterygion, into which F. varius and F. nigripenne had been placed.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Forsterygion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Forsterygion 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 21 May 2019.


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