| Cryptic triplefin | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterygiinae |
| Genus: | Cryptichthys |
| Species: | C. jojettae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptichthys jojettae Hardy, 1987[2] | |
The cryptic triplefin, Cryptichthys jojettae, is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, the only member of the genus Cryptichthys, found around the coast of New Zealand. It length is up to 6 cm.[3] The specific name honours a former staff member at the National Museum of New Zealand, Jorjette Drost, who participated in collecting specimens with Hardy.[4]
References
- ↑ Clements, K.D. (2014). "Cryptichthys jojettae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178993A1556848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178993A1556848.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "jojettae, Cryptichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cryptichthys jojettae" in FishBase. May 2006 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 16 May 2019.
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