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Cape triplefin

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Tripterygiidae

Scientific name
  
Cremnochorites capensis

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Blennioidei

Genus
  
Cremnochorites

Higher classification
  
Cremnochorites

The Cape triplefin, Cremnochorites capensis, is a triplefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Cremnochorites, found in the western Indian Ocean and southeast Atlantic, from Sodwana Bay to False Bay in South Africa. It reaches a maximum length of 8 cm.

References

Cape triplefin Wikipedia