Notoclinops
# Notoclinops

Notoclinops is the name of a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae from New Zealand.

## Etymology

The generic name Notoclinops refers to the superficial resemblance of the species in Notoclinops to the distantly related genus Notoclinus the two sharing a head lacking in scales, a broken lateral line and four spines in first dorsal fin.

## Species

Three species are currently recognised within Notoclinops;

* Blue dot triplefin, Notoclinops caerulepunctus Hardy, 1989
* Blue-eyed triplefin, Notoclinops segmentatus (McCulloch & Phillipps, 1923)
* Yaldwyn's triplefin, Notoclinops yaldwyni Hardy, 1987
