WoRMS taxon details
Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)
219185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219185)
accepted
Species
Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz, 1960) · unaccepted
Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980 · unaccepted
Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960) Schultz, L. P.; Chapman, W. M.; Lachner, E. A.; Woods, L. P. (1960). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. 2. Families from Mullidae through Stromateidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 202, v. 2: i-ix + 1-438, Pls. 75-123. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219185 on 2025-07-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960) Schultz, L. P.; Chapman, W. M.; Lachner, E. A.; Woods, L. P. (1960). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. 2. Families from Mullidae through Stromateidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 202, v. 2: i-ix + 1-438, Pls. 75-123. [details]
original description (of Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980) Clark, E. (1980). Red Sea fishes of the family Tripterygiidae with descriptions of eight new species. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 28 (3-4) [for 1979]: 65-113. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980) Clark, E. (1980). Red Sea fishes of the family Tripterygiidae with descriptions of eight new species. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 28 (3-4) [for 1979]: 65-113. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コクテンニセヘビギンポ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz, 1960))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Norfolkia brachylepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz, 1960))
To FishBase images (Norfolkia brachylepis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia brachylepis FIN034978 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia brachylepis FIN034980 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia springeri USNM 205793 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia springeri USNM 205793 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tripterygion brachylepis USNM 142253 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tripterygion brachylepis USNM 142253 type radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz, 1960))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Norfolkia brachylepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To FishBase (from synonym Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz, 1960))
To FishBase images (Norfolkia brachylepis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia brachylepis FIN034978 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia brachylepis FIN034980 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia springeri USNM 205793 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Norfolkia springeri USNM 205793 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Norfolkia springeri Clark, 1980)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tripterygion brachylepis USNM 142253 type photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tripterygion brachylepis USNM 142253 type radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, 1960)
To ITIS
