Fish, Topknot  
Notoclinus finestratus
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Seaweed Gardens

Predator

New Zealand

Inedible

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

Other Names:
Hetarua

Notes
A very secretive Triplefin, often found floating upside down, this is how they move from kelp frond to kelp frond
Brilliant colouring to camouflage into its weedy environment.


University of Otago 2013
Last Update: 24 April 2013