Blue-dot triplefin

The blue dot triplefin's head is yellow-orange covered with large bright red spots back as far as the first dorsal fin.

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The Blue-dot triplefin lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 0 - 40 m environment.

Blue-dot triplefin males seen in sex colouration, acting aggressively. Stingray baby 15 inches sighted. Gestation is 11 months. Yellowfin tuna sighted. Pink maomao may sleep below 100 feet . More

The blue-dot triplefin: a new species of Notoclinops Whitley, 1930 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) from New Zealand Auteur(s) / Author(s) HARDY G. S. More

Common names

Black-faced blenny in English
Caboz de três dorsais in Portuguese (Português)
Caboz de trÍs dorsais in Portuguese (Português)
Gelber Spitzkopf-Schleimfisch in German (Deutsch)
Peperoncino giallo in Italian (Italiano)
Pjevcic žuti in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Pjevcic žuti in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Rabosa groga in Catalan (Català)
Rumeni sprehajalèek in Slovene
Rumeni sprehajalèek in Slovenian (slovenščina)
Tripterygion in French (français)
Triptérygion jaune in French (français)
德氏三鰭鳚 in Mandarin Chinese
德氏三鳍鳚 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Tripterygiidae
Genus : Tripterygion
Species : Notoclinops caerulepunctus
Authority : Hardy, 1989