Brown topknot
Appearance
Brown topknot | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Notoclinus |
Species: | N. compressus
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Binomial name | |
Notoclinus compressus (Hutton, 1872)
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The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus, is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, endemic to New Zealand in rock pools and from low water to depths of about 5 m, in reef areas of broken rock and large brown seaweed of genera Carpophyllum and Cystophora. Its length is up to about 8.5 cm.
Size
Max length : 8.5 cm[1]
Environment and climate
The brown topknot lives in marine demersal at a depth range of around 5 meters and in Temperate climate.[1]
Distribution
This brown topknot species is found in the Southwest Pacific in New Zealand and is usually living in large brown algae.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Notoclinus compressus, Brown topknot". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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Sources
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Notoclinus compressus" in FishBase. June 2006 version.