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| name = Yellow & Black Triplefin |
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| image = Fosterygion_flavonigrum_(Yellow_&_black_triplefin).jpg |
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| image_caption = [[Yellow & black triplefin]], ''[[Forsterygion flavonigrum]]''<br> |
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Photo by Ian Skipworth, [[www.ianskipworth.com]] |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| Yellow & black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum Photo by Ian Skipworth, www.ianskipworth.com | |
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| Species: | F. flavonigrum
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| Forsterygion flavonigrum Fricke & Roberts, 1994
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The Yellow and Black Triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum), a fish of the genus Forsterygion, is found around the north of the North Island of New Zealand from depths of about 15 metres to about 30 metres, in reef areas of broken rock. Its length is between 4 to 7 centimetres.
Its non-breeding colouration is a pale pinkish head with a yellowish body and tail, with a black mask across the eyes which continues in a stripe down the centre of the body gradually changing to a darker yellow.
The breeding colouration is spectacular - the head and tail become black, while the rest of the body becomes bright yellow. Yellow and Black Triplefins guard their nest. After spawning the non-breeding colours rapidly return.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Forsterygion flavonigrum" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8