FB-46324 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46324 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Hippocampus Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 Giant triplefin Blennodon dorsale (Clarke, 1879) Trypterigium dorsalis Clarke, 1879 Trypterygion dorsale Clark, 1879 1998-02-15 2023-02-06 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan0 New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p. (Ref. 5755) Paulin, C. and C. Roberts0 The rockpool fishes of New Zealand (Te ika aaria o Aotearoa). Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa). 177 p. (Ref. 9003) Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. Eschmeyer's PISCES database as published on the Internet in June 1997, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. 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Retrieved from htttps://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en [accessed May, 2018] (Ref. 118272) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 2021-10-06 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 Adults prefer exposed reefs and deeper pools. Also found in rock pools (Ref. 9003). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114). B. dorsalis is the largest known triplefin species and the only fish predator in the family (Ref. 13227). Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) FB-DiagnosticDescr-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 1998-02-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Pale to dark greyish-green in color, breaking up into four broad saddles on the body with pale green and white between. Belly white. Fins dark mottled olive-green. Distinguished from other triplefins by its large size and rounded bulbous head, the lateral line which is continuous to the caudal peduncle and rows of large recurved teeth in the jaws. Paulin, C. and C. Roberts 1992 The rockpool fishes of New Zealand (Te ika aaria o Aotearoa). Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa). 177 p. (Ref. 9003) FB-Morphology-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 1998-02-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 21 - 24; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 24 - 26 Paulin, C. and C. Roberts 1992 The rockpool fishes of New Zealand (Te ika aaria o Aotearoa). Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa). 177 p. (Ref. 9003) FB-Distribution-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand. Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) FB-Uses-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 2021-10-06 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 2021-10-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 15.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 13227)) Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-46330 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-02-15 00:00:00 2021-10-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=46330 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 13227) Fricke, R. 1994 Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)