Forsterygion

Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

Species

The following species are classified in this genus:

• Spotted robust triplefin, Forsterygion capito <small>(Jenyns, 1842)</small>
• Yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum <small>Fricke & Roberts, 1994</small>
• Tasmanian robust triplefin, Forsterygion gymnotum <small>Scott, 1977</small>
• Common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum <small>Hardy, 1989</small>
• Mottled triplefin, Forsterygion malcolmi <small>Hardy, 1987</small>
• Oblique-swimming triplefin, Forsterygion maryannae <small>(Hardy, 1987)</small>
• Estuarine triplefin, Forsterygion nigripenne <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small>
• Striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium <small>(Forster, 1801)</small>

Etymology

The name of this genus is an amalgam of Forster in honour of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) – a naturalist aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage on ; he collected the type on this voyage, describing it and naming it Blennius varius – and -ygion, the second part of the genus Tripterygion, into which F. varius and F. nigripenne had been placed.

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