Forsterygion
# Forsterygion

Forsterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae native to coastal New Zealand, but also introduced to Tasmania, Australia.

## Species

The following species are classified in this genus:

* Spotted robust triplefin, Forsterygion capito
* Yellow-and-black triplefin, Forsterygion flavonigrum Fricke & Roberts, 1994
* Tasmanian robust triplefin, Forsterygion gymnotum
* Common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum Hardy, 1989
* Mottled triplefin, Forsterygion malcolmi Hardy, 1987
* Oblique-swimming triplefin, Forsterygion maryannae
* Estuarine triplefin, Forsterygion nigripenne
* Striped triplefin, Forsterygion varium (Forster, 1801)

## Etymology

The name of this genus is an amalgam of Forster in honour of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) – a naturalist aboard Captain Cook’s second voyage on HMS Resolution; he collected the type on this voyage, describing it and naming it Blennius varius – and -ygion, the second part of the genus Tripterygion, into which F. varius and F. nigripenne had been placed.

