Tripterygiidae

Brown topknot

Notoclinus compressus

Tripterygiid Fish from New Zealand Waters

• Brown
• Temperate
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Temperate fish

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.