{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Axoclinus'' | image = Axoclinus cocoensis.jpg | image_caption = ''Axoclinus cocoensis'' | taxon = Axoclinus | authority = Fowler, 1944 | type_species = ''Axoclinus lucillae'' | type_species_authority = Fowler, 1844 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, See text. }}
'''''Axoclinus''''' is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. This genus has six described species.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Axoclinus | month = February | year = 2019}}</ref> It is restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific.<ref name = Bussing>{{cite journal | author = W.A. Bussing | year = 1991 | title = A new genus and two new species of tripterygiid fishes from Costa Rica | url = https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24614/24817 | journal = Revista de Biología Tropical | volume = 39 | issue = 1 | pages = 77–85}}</ref>
The genus is characterised by having ctenoid scales, a lateral line which shows pored scales towards the head and notched scales towards the tail, the pelvic fins have two separated rays and the anal fin also has two spines and the possession of vomerine teeth but no palatine teeth.<ref name = Bussing/>
==Species== The following species are classified in the genus:<ref name = FishBase/> * Cocos triplefin, ''Axoclinus cocoensis'' <small>Bussing, 1991</small> * Panama triplefin, ''Axoclinus lucillae'' <small>Fowler, 1944</small> * Multibarred triplefin, ''Axoclinus multicinctus'' <small>Allen & Robertson, 1992</small> * Cortez triplefin, ''Axoclinus nigricaudus'' <small>(Fricke, 1997)</small> * Rubinoff's triplefin, ''Axoclinus rubinoffi'' <small>Allen & Robertson, 1992</small> *''Axoclinus storeyae'' <small>(Brock, 1940)</small>
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Category:Axoclinus Category:Tripterygiidae
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