Notoclinops
Genus of fishes
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Notoclinops is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.
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| Notoclinops | |
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| Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Notoclinops Whitley, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Tripterygion segmentatum | |
| Species | |
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Etymology
The generic name Notoclinops refers to the superficial resemblance of the species in Notoclinops to the distantly related genus Notoclinus the two sharing a head lacking in scales, a broken lateral line and four spines in first dorsal fin.[2]
Species
Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;[3]
- Blue dot triplefin, Notoclinops caerulepunctus Hardy, 1989
- Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus (McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923)
- Yaldwyn's triplefin, Notoclinops yaldwyni Hardy, 1987
