Norfolkia | |
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Tropical scaly-headed triplefin (Norfolkia brachylepis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
Genus: |
Norfolkia Fowler, 1953 |
Type species | |
Norfolkia lairdi | |
Species | |
See text. |
Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.
There are four species currently recognised in Norfolkia: [2]
Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island [1] and named the new genus after the island. [3]
Norfolkia | |
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Tropical scaly-headed triplefin (Norfolkia brachylepis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
Genus: |
Norfolkia Fowler, 1953 |
Type species | |
Norfolkia lairdi | |
Species | |
See text. |
Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.
There are four species currently recognised in Norfolkia: [2]
Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island [1] and named the new genus after the island. [3]