The cryptic triplefin (''Cryptichthys jojettae'') is a species of

triplefin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenny, blenniiforms, small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the ...

in the

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Tripterygiidae. It is found around the coast of New Zealand and is the only member of the

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''Cryptichthys''. It length is up to 6 cm. The

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honours a former staff member at the

National Museum of New Zealand The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori for ' the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand an ...

, Jojette Drost, who participated in collecting specimens with Hardy.

References

Tripterygiidae Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1987 {{Blenniiformes-stub