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Fish, Topknot

Notoclinus finestratus

Hetarua

Fish

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Tripterygiidae

Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal

Feeding:
Predator
Predator
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Hand Sized
Hand Sized



A very secretive Triplefin, often found floating upside down, this is how they move from kelp frond to kelp frond
Brilliant colouring to camouflage into its weedy environment.


Found amongst seaweed, particularly brown seaweeds.


Small invertebrates.