Norfolkia
| Norfolkia | |
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| Tropical scaly-headed triplefin (Norfolkia brachylepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Fowler, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| Norfolkia lairdi | |
| Species | |
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Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.
Species
There are four species currently recognised in Norfolkia:[2]
- Tropical scaly-headed triplefin, Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)
- Leeuwin triplefin, Norfolkia leeuwin Fricke, 1994
- Scalyhead triplefin, Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
- Thomas' triplefin, Norfolkia thomasi Whitley, 1964
Etymology
Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island[1] and named the new genus after the island.[3]
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). """Norfolkia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Norfolkia". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ 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 27 May 2019.