Forsterygion
Genus of fishes
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Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.
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| Forsterygion | |
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| Yellow-and-black triplefin Forsterygion flavonigrum | |
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| Striped triplefin Forsterygion varium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Forsterygion Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius varius Forster, 1801[1] | |
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Species
The following species are classified in this genus:[2]
- Spotted robust triplefin, Forsterygion capito (Jenyns, 1842)
- Yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum Fricke & Roberts, 1994
- Tasmanian robust triplefin, Forsterygion gymnotum Scott, 1977
- Common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989
- Mottled triplefin, Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987
- Oblique-swimming triplefin, Forsterygion maryannae (Hardy, 1987)
- Estuarine triplefin, Forsterygion nigripenne (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)
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 HMS Resolution; 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.[3]
