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Notoclinops

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Notoclinops
Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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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Notoclinops is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.

Etymology

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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

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Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Notoclinops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Notocliops "Species in genus 'Notocliops'". FishBase. April 2019 version.