Tripterygiidae - Triplefins
Use the table to access images and fact sheets of the tripterygiid fishes on the site. The family includes the threefins and triplefins.
Crested Threefin, Trinorfolkia cristata
David Muirhead
© David Muirhead
| Enneapterygius atrogulare | Ringscale Triplefin |
| Enneapterygius similis | Masked Threefin |
| Helcogramma decurrens | Blackthroat Threefin |
| Lepidoblennius haplodactylus | Eastern Jumping Blenny |
| Lepidoblennius marmoratus | Western Jumping Blenny |
| Trinorfolkia clarkei | Common Threefin |
| Trinorfolkia cristata | Crested Threefin |
| Ucla xenogrammus | Largemouth Threefin |
Mark McGrouther
, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Tripterygiidae, Triplefins, Threefins,
4 comments
Hi wgodinho. The Australian Fauna Directory listing for the species (at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Enneapterygius_rufopileus), lists the distribution for the species as Lord Howe Island, New South Wales: SE oceanic and Norfolk Island. The distribution of the species has not yet been assessed in the current upgrading of the AFD. I will contact Doug Hoese about this and get back to you as soon as I have something to report.
Hi again wgodinho. According to one authority, E. rufopileus is only known from Lord Howe Island, Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. He says that only E. atrogulare and E. hemimelas are known from New South Wales. The three species have been confused.
Another author recorded it from New South Wales and Queensland in 1993, but this could possibly have been based on misidentifications of E. atrogulare or E. annulata.