Bullhead triplefin

Bullhead triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Trianectes
Species: T. bucephalus
Binomial name
Trianectes bucephalus
McCulloch & Waite, 1918

The bullhead triplefin, Trianectes bucephalus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Trianectes, found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Australia, from Western Australia to Victoria and Tasmania at depths down to 5 m. Its length is up to about 7 cm.

The bullhead triplefin inhabits intertidal areas.

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