Forsterygion

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Forsterygion

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

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Forsterygion
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Yellow-and-black triplefin
Forsterygion flavonigrum
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Striped triplefin Forsterygion varium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Forsterygion
Whitley & Phillipps, 1939
Type species
Blennius varius
Forster, 1801[1]
Species

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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]

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