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Forsterygion

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Blennioidei
Familia: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Forsterygion

Name

Forsterygion Whitley & Phillips, 1939

Synonymy

* Grahamina Fricke & Roberts, 1993 [syn. Jawad (2008: 2951)]
* Obliquichthys Hardy, 1987 [syn. Jawad (2008: 2951)]

References

* Fricke, R.; Roberts, C.D. 1993: Grahamina, a new genus for robust-bodied triplefins (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae) from New Zealand and Australia, with description of a new species. Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie), 504: 1-21.
* Hardy, G.S. 1987: Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of tripterygiid fishes from New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand records, 3(5): 47-58.
* Hardy, G.S. 1989: The genus Forsterygion Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) in New Zealand and Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of natural history, 23: 491-512.
* Jawad, L.A. 2008: Second revision of the New Zealand triplefin genus Forsterygion Whitley and Phillips, 1939 (Pisces: Tripterygiidae). Journal of natural history, 42: 2943-2989.

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