Tasmanian robust triplefin

Tasmanian robust triplefin
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Forsterygion
Species:	F. gymnotum
Binomial name
	Forsterygion gymnotum; Scott, 1977
Synonyms[2]
	Grahamina gymnota (Scott, 1977); Grahamina signata Fricke & Roberts, 1993;

Forsterygion gymnotum, known commonly as the Tasmanian robust triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Forsterygion.[2] It is native to coastal New Zealand, but has also been Introduced to Tasmania, Australia. It was described by Eric Oswald Scott in 1977 from Tasmania.[3] It is though to have reached Tasmania from New Zealand through shipments of osyters.[1]

References

Clements, K.D. (2014). "Forsterygion gymnotum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179022A1560367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179022A1560367.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forsterygion gymnotum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Forsterygion gymnotum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

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[iucn-1] Clements, K.D. (2014). "Forsterygion gymnotum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179022A1560367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179022A1560367.en.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forsterygion gymnotum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

[CofF-3] Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Forsterygion gymnotum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2019.