The mottled triplefin (''Forsterygion malcolmi'') is a

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 ...

of the genus ''

Forsterygion ''Forsterygion'' is a genus of Threefin blenny, triplefins in the family (biology), family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also Introduced species, introduced to Tasmania, Australia. Species The following species are classified ...

'', found around

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at depths down to 30 m, in

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areas of broken rock. Its

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honours Malcolm Francis of the Fisheries Research Centre in

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, who joined Hardy on his trips to collect specimens.

References

* * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) Mottled triplefin Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1987 {{Blenniiformes-stub