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- noun Any of approximately 150
blennioid species of the family Tripterygiidae, found intropical andtemperate waters, whosedorsal fin is separated into three parts, two of themspinous .
Etymologies
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A reef fish called a triplefin fluoresces red as patches on its body absorb blue wavelengths of light and release the energy as a red glow.
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A reef fish called a triplefin fluoresces red as patches on its body absorb blue wavelengths of light and release the energy as a red glow.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008
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A reef fish called a triplefin fluoresces red as patches on its body absorb blue wavelengths of light and release the energy as a red glow.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008
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Endemic fish include the Malpelo barnacle-blenny Acanthenblemaria stephensi, Malpelo wrasse Halichoeres malpelo, pretty goby Chriolepis lepidotus, Rubinoff's triplefin Axoclinus rubinoffi and twinspot triplefin Lepidonectes bimaculata.
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A triplefin reef fish fluoresces red as patches on its body absorb blue wavelengths of light and release the energy as a red glow.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2008
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