Brown topknot
Encyclopedia
The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus, is a triplefin of the family
Tripterygiidae, endemic
to New Zealand
in rock pools and from low water to depths of about 5 m, in reef
areas of broken rock and large brown seaweed
of genera Carpophyllum and Cystophora. Its length is up to about 8.5 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tripterygiidae, endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in rock pools and from low water to depths of about 5 m, in reef
Reef
In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....
areas of broken rock and large brown seaweed
Seaweed
Seaweed is a loose, colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae. The term includes some members of the red, brown and green algae...
of genera Carpophyllum and Cystophora. Its length is up to about 8.5 cm.