Notoclinops is the name of a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.
| Notoclinops | |
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| Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Notoclinops Whitley, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Tripterygion segmentatum | |
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Etymology edit
The generic name Notoclinops refers to the superficial resemblance of the species in Notoclinops to the distantly related genus Notoclinus the two sharing a head lacking in scales, a broken lateral line and four spines in first dorsal fin.[2]
Species edit
Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;[3]
- Blue dot triplefin, Notoclinops caerulepunctus Hardy, 1989
- Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus (McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923)
- Yaldwyn's triplefin, Notoclinops yaldwyni Hardy, 1987
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Notoclinops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 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 29 May 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Notocliops Species of 'Notocliops' in FishBase. April 2019 version.
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