Kulbicki's triplefin

The Kulbicki's triplefin (Springerichthys kulbickii) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys.^[2] It was described by Ronald Fricke and John E. Randall in 1994,^[3] honouring the fish ecologist reef-fish ecologist Michel L. Kulbicki of L'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer in Nouméa, who collected type in New Caledonia, in its specific name.^[4] Kulbicki's triplefin is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Queensland, Australia across the central Pacific to the Samoa, where it is found on rocky and coral reefs down to 15 metres (49 ft) in depth.^[1]

Kulbicki's triplefin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Springerichthys
Species:	S. kulbickii
Binomial name
Springerichthys kulbickii (Fricke & Randall, 1994)
Synonyms
Gracilopterygion kulbickii Fricke & Randall, 1994