Norfolkia

Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.

Norfolkia
Tropical scaly-headed triplefin (Norfolkia brachylepis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Norfolkia
Fowler, 1953
Type species
Norfolkia lairdi
Fowler, 1953[1]
Species

See text.

Species

There are four species currently recognised in Norfolkia:[2]

Etymology

Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island[1] and named the new genus after the island.[3]

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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). """Norfolkia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Norfolkia in FishBase. April 2019 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 27 May 2019.


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