Forsterygion
Sign in to saveForsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Forsterygion is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Tripterygiidae, Common triplefin and Yellow-and-black triplefin.
Vinony files it under Forsterygion, Marine fish genera and Tripterygiidae.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyTripterygiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Tripterygiidae
- Collections
- TCWC, USNM, SIO, NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tripterygiidae
- Image
- Fosterygion flavonigrum (Yellow & black triplefin).jpg
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- Commons category
- Forsterygion
- taxon name
- Forsterygion
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Forsterygion
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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: Spotted robust triplefin, Forsterygion capito (Jenyns, 1842) Yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum Fricke & Roberts, 1994 Tasmanian robust triplefin, Forsterygion gymnotum Scott, 1977 Common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989 Mottled triplefin, Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987 Oblique-swimming triplefin, Forsterygion maryannae (Hardy, 1987) Estuarine triplefin, Forsterygion nigripenne (Valenciennes, 1836) Striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)
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