Tripterygion tartessicum

Tripterygion tartessicum is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs along the southern coast of Spain and from Morocco to Tunisia. It is a tropical demersal fish measuring up to 7.7 centimetres (3.0 in) in length.[2]

Tripterygion tartessicum

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Tripterygion
Species:
T. tartessicum
Binomial name
Tripterygion tartessicum
Carreras-Carbonell, Pascual & Macpherson, 2007

The species was described in 2007 when red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotum) specimens were determined to be individuals of a new species.[3] Its specific name refers to the semi-mythical city of Tartessos and its associated culture, which was located in southern Spain, within the range of this species.[4]

References
  1. Holleman, W. (2014). "Tripterygion tartessicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.179034A1561875. Retrieved 1 June 2019.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Tripterygion tartessicum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Carreras-Carbonell, J., et al. (2007). A review of the Tripterygion tripteronotus (Risso, 1810) complex, with a description of a new species from the Mediterranean Sea (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae). Scientia Marina 71(1), 75-86.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 June 2019.


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