Bellapiscis lesleyae

Bellapiscis lesleyae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Bellapiscis
Species:	B. lesleyae
Binomial name
	Bellapiscis lesleyae; Hardy, 1987

Bellapiscis lesleyae, the mottled twister, is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, commonly found around the coast of New Zealand in rock pools and down to depths of about 5 m in reef areas of broken rock. Its length is up to 6 cm.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the New Zealand marine biologist Lesley Bolton who helped Hardy collect fishes in rockpools on the coast of New Zealand, including the type of this species.[3]

References

Clements, K.D. (2014). "Bellapiscis lesleyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178896A1544915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178896A1544915.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Bellapiscis lesleyae" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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 6 May 2019.

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[1] Clements, K.D. (2014). "Bellapiscis lesleyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178896A1544915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178896A1544915.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Bellapiscis lesleyae" in FishBase. May 2006 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 6 May 2019.