''Tripterygion'' is a genus of fish in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies, the species of which are found in the north eastern Atlantic Ocean, the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

and the

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Species

* '' Tripterygion delaisi'' Cadenat & Blache, 1970 – black-faced blenny * ''

Tripterygion melanurus ''Tripterygion melanurum'' is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea, where it occurs around the Balearic Islands and off the coasts of southern Sardinia, Algeria, Tunisia ...

'' Guichenot, 1850 * ''

Tripterygion tartessicum ''Tripterygion'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family threefin blenny, Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies, the species of which are found in the north eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Species * ' ...

'' Carreras-Carbonell, Pascual & Macpherson, 2007 * ''

Tripterygion tripteronotum The red-black triplefin (''Tripterygion tripteronotum'') is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. In the Black Sea it occurs off the coasts of the Crim ...

'' ( Risso, 1810) – red-black triplefin

Gallery

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References

Tripterygiidae Extant Miocene first appearances {{Blenniiformes-stub