''Axoclinus lucillae'', known commonly as the Panama triplefin, is a species of

triplefin blenny 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. Th ...

. They occur in the eastern Pacific in shallow rocky and coral areas as deep as from Mexico to Colombia. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

honours Louise "Lulu" Miriam Parsons (1912–2013), the first wife of

George Washington Vanderbilt III George Washington Vanderbilt III (September 23, 1914 – June 24, 1961) was an American yachtsman and scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Early life Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the younger son of Al ...

, although the eponym is more suggestive that the species is named after their daughter, Lucille Margaret Vanderbilt (1938 - 2018).

References

lucillae Marine fish of Nicaragua Fish described in 1944 {{Blenniiformes-stub