Threespine grubfish

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Simipercis trispinosa | authority = Johnson & Randall, 2006 }}

The '''threespine grubfish''' ('''''Simipercis trispinosa''''') is the only species in the monotypic genus '''''Simipercis''''', part of the family Pinguipedidae.<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Simipercis trispinosa'' Johnson & Randall, 2006 |id=398615 |year=2009 |db=FishBase |accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref> The species is endemic to waters off eastern Australia from Swain Reefs, Queensland, to Broken Bay, New South Wales.<ref name = FoA>{{cite web | author = Dianne J Bray | title = ''Simipercis'' | work = Fishes of Australia | accessdate = 20 June 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/1409 | publisher = Museums Victoria}}</ref> It is distinguished from other sandperch by having three spines in the dorsal fin.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Simpercis|trispinosa|month=February|year=2018}}</ref>

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Category:Pinguipedidae Category:Marine fish of Eastern Australia threespine grubfish