New Zealand topknot

New Zealand topknot
Notoclinus fenestratus in Island Bay, Wellington
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Notoclinus
Species:	N. fenestratus
Binomial name
Notoclinus fenestratus (Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
Blennius fenestratusForster, 1801 Auchenopterus fenestratus(Forster, 1801) Tripterygion fenestratum(Forster, 1801) Tripterygium fenestratum(Forster, 1801)

The New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus) is a triplefin of the genus Notoclinus , found around the North Island of New Zealand in reef areas of broken rock and brown seaweed. ^[2]

References

1. Clements, K.D. (2014). "Notoclinus fenestratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T178970A1553904. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178970A1553904.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Notoclinus fenestratus". FishBase . November 2005 version.

• "Notoclinus fenestratus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 11 March 2006.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN   0-00-216987-8