Variable triplefin

{{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=''Forsterygion varium'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T179014A1559417 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179014A1559417.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Forsterygion varium | authority = (Forster, 1801) |image = Variable triplefin.JPG | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Blennius varius|Forster, 1801 |Tripterygion varium|(Forster, 1801) |Tripterygion robustum|Clarke, 1879 |Forsterygion multiradiatum|Scott, 1977 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Forsterygion|varium|month=April|year=2019}}</ref> }}

The '''variable triplefin''' or '''striped triplefin''' ('''''Forsterygion varium''''') is a triplefin native to New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia, most likely in shipments of oysters.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It is found in rock pools and depths down to 30 metres, in reef areas of broken rock with kelp.<ref name = Fishbase/>

==References== {{reflist}} * {{ITIS |id=638495 |taxon=Forsterygion varium |accessdate=19 March 2006}} *Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|978-0-00-216987-5}}

Category:Forsterygion Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Category:Fish described in 1801 Category:Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster