Gilloblennius tripennis

Fish

Usual depth1–18 m
Water temperature12–18 °C
Best monthsFebruary, May, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The thripenny is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Gilloblennius. It was described by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1801. It is endemic to New Zealand where it is found throughout the mainland and off the Three Kings Islands, Snares Island and Chatham Islands.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Thripenny”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 6 records
March: 1 records
April: 3 records
May: 4 records
June: 0 records
July: 3 records
August: 2 records
September: 0 records
October: 1 records
November: 0 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–18 m · Deepest record: 22.5 m

0–10 m: 20 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–18 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 22 records

Photos

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Blennius tripennis, Blennius tripinnis, Enneapterygius tripennis, Tripterygion forsteri, Tripterygion tripenne, Tripterygion tripinne, Tripterygium forsteri, Trypterygium forsteri

Similar species

Aotearoa Triplefin
Bellapiscis medius
Blackthroat Triplefin
Enneapterygius atrogulare
Enneapterygius etheostoma
Black-cheek Threefin
Enneapterygius rufopileus
Highfin Threefin
Enneapterygius tutuilae
Common Threefin
Forsterygion lapillum

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
28 open-data records from 1971 to 2013.

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