Thomas' Threefin, Norfolkia thomasi Whitley 1964
Other Names: Thomas' Triplefin
Thomas' Threefin, Norfolkia thomasi, from Taravai, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A whitish triplefin with yellow to orange scale edges, six irregular oblique dark brown bands along the upper side that divide on the lower side, and an uneven white-edged brown bar below the eye. Females have narrow, oblique red and white bands on the second and third dorsal fins, while males have brownish-orange dorsal fins.
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Norfolkia thomasi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1134
Thomas' Threefin, Norfolkia thomasi Whitley 1964
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Distribution |
Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to at least Byron Bay, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the south-west Pacific (north to the Ryukyus, Japan, and east to the Tuamoto Archipelago). Inhabits shallow coral reefs and tidepools. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV + XIV-XV + 9-11; Pectoral fin usually 15; Lateral line discontinuous, 12-15 + 24-27; Mandibular pores 3 + 2 + 3. Head scaled forward to behind the eye, scales absent from cheek; supraorbital tentacle lobate. |
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Species Citation |
Norfolkia thomasi Whitley1964, Rec. Aust. Mus. 26(5): 192. Type locality: Heron Island, QLD. |
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Resources |
Thomas' Threefin, Norfolkia thomasi Whitley 1964
References
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Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Whitley, G.P. 1964. Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. Records of the Australian Museum 26(5): 145-195 figs 1-15 pls 8-10
Williams, J. & Holleman, W. 2014. Norfolkia thomasi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T179043A1562928. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179043A1562928.en. Downloaded on 17 April 2017.
