Forsterygion

Forsterygion

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Forsterygion
Synonyms (2): Grahamina – Obliquichthys

Species (8): F. capito – F. flavonigrum – F. gymnotum – F. lapillum – F. malcolmi – F. maryannae – F. nigripenne – F. varium

Name

• Forsterygion Whitley & Phillipps, 1939
  • Authority for current placement:
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [neuter]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Blennius varius Bloch & Schneider, 1801
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 236] [and monotypy]

References

• Whitley, G.P. & Phillipps, W.J. 1939. Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 69: 228–236. Online. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 236]

Additional references

• Clements, K.D.; Jawad, L.A.; Stewart, A.L. 2000: The New Zealand triplefin Grahamina signata (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae): a junior synonym of G. gymnotum from Tasmania. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30(4): 373–384. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517629
• Hardy, G.S. 1989: The genus Forsterygion Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) in New Zealand and Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of natural history, 23(3): 491–512. DOI: 10.1080/00222938900770291
• Jawad, L.A. 2008: Second revision of the New Zealand triplefin genus Forsterygion Whitley and Phillips, 1939 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae). Journal of natural history, 42(47-48): 2943–2989. DOI: 10.1080/00222930802256842

Links

• Bailly, N. (2010). Forsterygion. In: Nicolas Bailly (2010). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269166 on 2011-11-29 [needs work]
• Forsterygion species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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