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Variable Triplefin

Forsterygion varium

Also known as: Many-rayed Threefin, Striped Threefin, Variable Threefin, Threefin, Threefin Blenny, Triplefin

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
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Adult
@markn · Fitzroy Is Gt Barrier Reef, Australia · August 20241 / 1
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Overview

Found over shallow and deep areas, in rock pools and areas with broken rock on reefs.
Southwest Pacific - Australia, New Zealand

These Blenny related fish have three fins which gives them their name "Triplefins"

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
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Found over shallow and deep areas, in rock pools and areas with broken rock on reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyTripterygiidae
    6. genusForsterygion
    7. speciesForsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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