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Norfolkia

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Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

There are four species currently recognised in Norfolkia:[2]

Etymology

Fowler described Norfolkia lairdi from a type collected at Kingston, Norfolk Island[1] and named the new genus after the island.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). """Norfolkia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Norfolkia in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ 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 27 May 2019.
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Norfolkia: Brief Summary

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Norfolkia is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found I the Indo-Pacific region.

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