Scalyhead triplefin | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Norfolkia |
Species: | N. squamiceps
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Binomial name | |
Norfolkia squamiceps | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The scalyhead triplefin (Norfolkia squamiceps) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Norfolkia. [2] It was described by Allan Riverstone McCulloch and Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1916. [3] Under the synonym Norfolkia lairdi it was the type species of Fowler's new genus. [4] This species has been recorded from off Queensland, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. [1] The adults occur in tidal pools among areas of coral reef. [2]
Scalyhead triplefin | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Norfolkia |
Species: | N. squamiceps
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Binomial name | |
Norfolkia squamiceps | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The scalyhead triplefin (Norfolkia squamiceps) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Norfolkia. [2] It was described by Allan Riverstone McCulloch and Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1916. [3] Under the synonym Norfolkia lairdi it was the type species of Fowler's new genus. [4] This species has been recorded from off Queensland, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. [1] The adults occur in tidal pools among areas of coral reef. [2]