Category: Fish
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Tripterygiidae

Notes
Females lay up to 4 batches of eggs between May and November. The nests are laid on smooth sloping rock faces and one male may keep guard on up to 9 nests at a time. Common in the South Island of New Zealand.


References
A Treasury of New Zealand Fishes: Graham