Kulbicki's triplefin
Springerichthys kulbickii, known commonly as the Kulbicki's triplefin, 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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Springerichthys |
| Species: | S. kulbickii |
| Binomial name | |
| Springerichthys kulbickii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gracilopterygion kulbickii Fricke & Randall, 1994 | |
References
- Williams, J. (2014). "Springerichthys kulbickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178951A1551886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178951A1551886.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Springerichthys kulbickii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Gracilopterygion kulbickii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- 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 31 May 2019.
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