Cape triplefin
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| Genus: | Cremnochorites
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| Species: | C. capensis
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| Cremnochorites capensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
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The Cape triplefin, Cremnochorites capensis, is a triplefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Cremnochorites, found in the western Indian Ocean and southeast Atlantic, from Sodwana Bay to False Bay in South Africa. It reaches a maximum length of 8 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cremnochorites capensis" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
- G M Branch, C L Griffiths, M L Branch, & L E Beckley, Two Oceans, A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa, (David Philip Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Claremont, South Africa 1994) ISBN 978-0-86486-250-1