#2207 · 🐟 fish
Red-black Triplefin
🇳🇱 Rode drievinnige slijmvis ·Tripterygion tripteronotum
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what is it?
The red-black triplefin ( Tripterygion tripteronotum ) is a species of fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the threefin blennies. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In the Black Sea it occurs off the coasts of the Crimea and Ukraine.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,285 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1810 (216 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red-black Triplefin
- Nederlands
- Rode drievinnige slijmvis
- scientific name
- Tripterygion tripteronotum
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Blenniiformes
- family
- Tripterygiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,907
- sightings worldwide
- 3,285
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1810 by Antoine Risso
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Tripterygiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 188591, Wikidata Q2547621, GBIF 5962007, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.