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Tripterygiidae

29 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Tripterygiidae

Tripterygion melanurum Guichenot, 1850

This species of threefin blenny has distinct physical traits that differ by sex and territorial status.

Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970

Tripterygion delaisi, the black-faced blenny, is a small benthic triplefin-blennie fish with two disjunct distribution ranges.

Tripterygion tripteronotum (Risso, 1810)

The red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotum) is a threefin blenny widespread in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Tripterygion tartessicum Carreras-Carbonell, Pascual & Macpherson, 2007

Tripterygion tartessicum is a small tropical demersal threefin blenny found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, described as a new species in 2007.

Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993

Ucla xenogrammus, the largemouth triplefin, is the only species in the fish genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean.

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Labridae 155 species Pomacentridae 142 species Gobiidae 120 species Serranidae 103 species Blenniidae 86 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Carangidae 53 species

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