The crested triplefin or crested threefin (''Trinorfolkia cristata'') is a species of

triplefin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera ...

blenny in the genus '' Trinorfolkia''. It was described by

Rudie Kuiter Rudie Hermann Kuiter (born 1943) is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, marine biologist and author of many identification guides to sea fishes. He has described new species of seahorses in the genus ''Hippocampus''. Early life ...

in 1986. This species is

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to the coasts of

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from

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to Victor Harbor, including

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southw ...

. It is found in rocky reefs from the intertidal zone to a depth of , among boulders, on vertical rock walls and on man-made structures such as piers and jetties.

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crested triplefin The crested triplefin or crested threefin (''Trinorfolkia cristata'') is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus ''Trinorfolkia''. It was described by Rudie Kuiter in 1986. This species is endemic to the coasts of South Australia South A ...

Fish described in 1986 {{Blenniiformes-stub