# Threespine grubfish

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{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}
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| taxon = Simipercis trispinosa
| authority = [Johnson](/source/Jeffrey_W._Johnson_(ichthyologist)) & [Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2006
}}

The '''threespine grubfish''' ('''''Simipercis trispinosa''''') is the only species in the [monotypic](/source/monotypy) genus '''''Simipercis''''', part of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pinguipedidae](/source/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](/source/endemic) to waters off eastern Australia from [Swain Reefs](/source/Swain_Reefs), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), to [Broken Bay](/source/Broken_Bay), [New South Wales](/source/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](/source/sandperch) by having three spines in the [dorsal fin](/source/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

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