| Axoclinus cocoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Axoclinus |
| Species: | A. cocoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Axoclinus cocoensis W. A. Bussing, 1991 | |
Axoclinus cocoensis, known commonly as the Cocos triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. [2] It is found only on shallow reefs around Cocos Island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Costa Rica. [1]
Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. The family name derives from the Greek tripteros meaning "with three wings".
The yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum, a triplefin of the genus Forsterygion, is found around the north of the North Island of New Zealand at depths of between 15 and 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock. Its length is between 4 and 7 cm.
The oblique-swimming triplefin is a triplefin, found along the north east coast of the North Island of New Zealand from depths of about 5 m to 50 m. They are the only triplefins not to spend most of their time resting on the bottom, instead swimming in loose schools of up to hundreds of individuals above rocky reefs. When swimming their head is higher than the tail, giving rise to their common name.
The tropical striped triplefin, also called the striped threefin or neon triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny that is native to the central Indo-Pacific.
Axoclinus is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. This genus has six described species. It is restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific.
The lizard triplefin, Crocodilichthys gracilis, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Crocodilichthys, found in the Gulf of California in the eastern Central Pacific at depths down to 38 m. Its length is only up to about 64 mm.
The giant triplefin is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, the only member of the genus Blennodon, found around the coast of New Zealand. It length is up to 15 cm, and it is the largest known triplefin species.
Axoclinus lucillae, known commonly as the Panama triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. They occur in the eastern Pacific in shallow rocky and coral areas as deep as 20 metres (66 ft) from Mexico to Colombia. The specific name honours Louise "Lulu" Miriam Parsons (1912–2013), the first wife of George Washington Vanderbilt III, although the eponym is more suggestive that the species is named after their daughter, Lucille Margaret Vanderbilt.
Axoclinus multicinctus, known commonly as the multibarred triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. This species is endemic to the eastern Pacificwhere it is known to occur only from the Revillagigedo Islands of Socorro and San Benedicto.
Enneanectes carminalis, known commonlfix small tagy as the carmine triplefin or the delicate triplefin in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of triplefin blenny. It is a tropical blenny known from reefs from Mexico to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It was originally described by D.S. Jordan and C.H. Gilbert in 1882, as Tripterygium carminale. Blennies in this species can reach a maximum length of 3 centimetres, and feed primarily off of benthic algae and invertebrates.
The yellow triplefin ,> also known as the Abel's triplefin in South Africa, is a species of triplefin in the genus Enneapterygius. Males in this species can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres. The blennies are generally bright yellow in colour, and males have black heads. They feed mostly on benthic invertebrates.
Enneapterygius clea, or Clea's triplefin, is a species of threefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius, described by German ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1997. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Enneapterygius flavoccipitis, the yellownape triplefin or northern bicoloured triplefin, in Australia, is a species of threefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.
The northern yellow-black triplefin, also known as the northern Australian yellow-black triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by German Ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994. It is a tropical blenny, endemic to northern Australia, in the western Pacific and southeastern Indian Oceans. It is a non-migratory species which dwells in shallow tidal pools on coralline rock and in seagrass, and has been recorded swimming at a depth range of 0–15 m (0–50 ft). Male northern yellow-black triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.8 centimetres.
Enneapterygius tutuilae, known commonly as the high-hat triplefin or rosy cheek threefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale in 1906. This species occurs from the eastern Indian Ocean around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands east to French Polynesia. Its specific name refers to the Samoan island of Tutuila where the type was collected.
The little hooded triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by Richard Rosenblatt in 1960. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
The triangle triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1946. This species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and islands in Batangas province in the Philippines.
The Japanese blacktail triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1902. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan. It feeds on algae and the adults occur in rock pools and just below the low water mark.
Sicydium is a genus of gobies native to fast-flowing streams and rivers of the Americas with a couple species native to Middle Africa.
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