New Zealand topknot

New Zealand topknot
Notoclinus fenestratus in Island Bay, Wellington
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Notoclinus
Species:
N. fenestratus
Binomial name
Notoclinus fenestratus
(Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Blennius fenestratus Forster, 1801
  • Auchenopterus fenestratus (Forster, 1801)
  • Tripterygion fenestratum (Forster, 1801)
  • Tripterygium fenestratum (Forster, 1801)

The New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus) is a triplefin of the genus Notoclinus, found around the North Island of New Zealand in reef areas of broken rock and brown seaweed.