Notoclinops

Notoclinops is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.

Notoclinops
Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Subfamily:	Tripterygiinae
Genus:	Notoclinops Whitley, 1930
Type species
Tripterygion segmentatum McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923[1]
Species
See text.

Etymology

The generic name Notoclinops refers to the superficial resemblance of the species in Notoclinops to the distantly related genus Notoclinus the two sharing a head lacking in scales, a broken lateral line and four spines in first dorsal fin.^[2]

Species

Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;^[3]

• Blue dot triplefin, Notoclinops caerulepunctus Hardy, 1989
• Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus (McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923)
• Yaldwyn's triplefin, Notoclinops yaldwyni Hardy, 1987