{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Clements, K.D. |date=2014 |title=''Blennodon dorsale'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T179026A1560959 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179026A1560959.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | name = Giant triplefin | image = Blennodon dorsalis juvenile Mussel Point.jpg | parent_authority = Hardy, 1987 | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Blennodon dorsale | authority = (Clarke, 1879) | synonyms = ''Trypterygion dorsale'' <small>Clark, 1879</small> }}
The '''giant triplefin''' ('''''Blennodon dorsale''''') is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, the only member of the genus '''''Blennodon''''', found around the coast of New Zealand. It length is up to 15 cm, and it is the largest known triplefin species.<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Blennodon | species = dorsale | month = May | year = 2006}}</ref>
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Category:Tripterygiidae Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Frank Edward Clarke Category:Fish described in 1879
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