{{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&nbsp;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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