The mottled triplefin is a triplefin of the genus Forsterygion, found around New Zealand at depths down to 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock. Its specific name honours Malcolm Francis of the Fisheries Research Centre in Wellington, New Zealand, who joined Hardy on his trips to collect specimens.
Ruanoho is a genus of triplefin blennies. It is known from the southwestern Pacific Ocean off New Zealand. The generic name is a compound noun derived from the Māori rua meaning either "fish" or "hole" and noho meaning to "dwell" which refers to the habit of the species in this genus to shelter under rocks or within crevices.
The cryptic triplefin is a species of triplefin in the family Tripterygiidae. It is found around the coast of New Zealand and is the only member of the monotypic genus Cryptichthys. It length is up to 6 cm. The specific name honours a former staff member at the National Museum of New Zealand, Jojette Drost, who participated in collecting specimens with Hardy.
Notoclinops is the name of a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.
Lepidonectes is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.
Springerichthys is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. The two species in this genus are found in the western Pacific Ocean.
The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Vietnam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, east to American Samoa and Rapa Iti, at depths of between 2 and 41 metres. Its length is up to about 47 millimetres (1.9 in). The generic name was coined by ichthyologist Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in his unpublished dissertation of 1959 from the University of California Los Angeles and it is the initials of that institution, it was formally applied by Holleman in 1993.
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.
Enneapterygius mirabilis, the miracle triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1994 who gave it the specific name mirabilis, meaning "admirable", because its notable large pectoral fins and first dorsal fin were pretty.
Enneapterygius namarrgon, the lightning man triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by the German ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1997. The specific name refers to Namarrgon, the Lightning man who makes lightning appear and creates roars of thunder in storms, a mythical figure in western Arnhem Land, as does the common name. This species is endemic to the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The IUCN classifies this species as Endangered because it has a small range and is threatened by mining for bauxite.
Enneapterygius randalli, the Rapa triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1997. who honoured the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall in its specific name, Randall collected many of the type series. This species is known only from French Polynesia where it is found off Rapa Iti and Marotiri in the southern Austral Islands.
Enneapterygius senoui is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Hiroyuki Motomura, Shigeru Harazaki and Graham S. Hardy in 2005. The specific name honours Hiroshi Senou of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, the collector of the holotype and four of the paratypes, making them available for study by the authors. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean off the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands off southern Japan.
Enneapterygius williamsi, known commonly as the William's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1997. Its specific name honours the collector of the type, the ichthyologist Jeffrey T. Williams of the Smithsonian Institution.
Enneapterygius ziegleri, known commonly as the Ziegler's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius. It was described by Ronald Fricke in 1994. Its specific name honours Bernhard Ziegler (1929–2013), a paleontologist and Director of the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany. This species occurs in the Timor Sea of Indonesia and East Timor and in the Philippines.
Hudson's triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale in 1906, the specific name honouring the illustrator of their monograph on Samoan fishes, R.L. Hudson. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Izu Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Savo Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa.
Helcogramma springeri, known commonly as the Springer's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by P.E. Hadley Hansen in 1986. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the National Museum of Natural History. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia and the Philippines to northern Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef.
Cunningham's triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogrammoides. It was described by Frederik Adam Smitt in 1898, who named it in honour the Scottish naturalist Robert Oliver Cunningham (1841-1918), who had collected specimens of this fish from Puerto Madryn in 1868 but was unable to identify them. This species has been found in Peru, near Lima, Chile, Puerto Madryn in Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
Matanui is a genus of triplefin blennies, they are endemic to New Zealand.
The Kulbicki's triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys. It was described by Ronald Fricke and John E. Randall in 1994, 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. 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.
