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Ocellate triplefin

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Apopterygion
Species:	A. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. Threefin or triplefin blennies are blennioids small Perciform marine Fish of the family Tripterygiidae. oculus

Binomial name

Apopterygion oculus
Fricke & Roberts, 1994

The ocellate triplefin, Apopterygion oculus, is a threefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae, found around the coast of New Zealand to depths of between 14 and 186 m in reef areas of broken rock and shellgrit. Threefin or triplefin blennies are blennioids small Perciform marine Fish of the family Tripterygiidae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blennioids small Perciform marine Fish of the family Tripterygiidae. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In nautical terminology a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water (six fathoms or less at low water Its length is up to 6. 3 cm.

The ocellate triplefin's second dorsal fin has an ocellate black blotch distally on the fourth to the sixth membranes, the anal fin has about 11 dark streaks, and the pelvic fin is basally black, rays distally yellowish, with brown spots. A dorsal fin is a Fin located on the backs of some Fishes Whales Dolphins and Porpoises as well as the (extinct The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved The dorsal fin spines are densely covered with small spinules.

References

"Apopterygion oculus". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.

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