Genus Forsterygion Whitley & Phillipps, 1939
- Forsterygion Whitley, G.P. & Phillipps, W.J. 1939. Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 69(2): 228-236 figs 21-22 [236].
Type species:
Blennius varius Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801 by original designation. - Grahamina Fricke, R. & Roberts, C.D. 1993. Grahamina, a new genus for robust-bodied triplefins (Teleostei : Tripterygiidae) from New Zealand and Australia, with description of a new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 504: 1-21 figs 1-9 [4].
Type species:
Tripterygion nigripenne Valenciennes, 1836 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [2951]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
South-west Pacific (New Zealand); all species apparently introduced into Australia accidentally.
IMCRA
Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
General References
Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 species (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 24: 1-585 figs 1-130
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 01-Feb-2013 | 01-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |