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Common triplefin

Forsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989

Status not recordedbony fish

The common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum) is a species in the family Tripterygiidae, order Blenniiformes.

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Quick facts about the common triplefin

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common triplefin live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common triplefin as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Australia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common triplefin endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common triplefin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderBlenniiformes
  5. familyTripterygiidae
  6. genusForsterygion
  7. SpeciesForsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Common threefinEnglish
  • 野深水三鰭鳚Chinese
  • Peperoncino della Nuova ZelandaItalian
  • KekegopMāori
  • троепер обыкновенныйRussian
  • 野深水三鳍鳚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common triplefin

Other species in the same genus Forsterygion.

Cockabully

Forsterygion nigripenne

TripterygiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the common triplefin an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common triplefin as introduced in 1 country: Australia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common triplefin?

The common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum) belongs to the family Tripterygiidae in the order Blenniiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-triplefin

MLA

“Common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-triplefin.

BibTeX
@misc{common_triplefin_2026,
  title = {Common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-triplefin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}