Mottled twister

Mottled twister
Mottled twister
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Bellapiscis
Species: B. lesleyae
Binomial name
Bellapiscis lesleyae
Hardy, 1987

The mottled twister, Bellapiscis lesleyae, is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, commonly found around the coast of New Zealand in rock pools and down to depths of about 5 m in reef areas of broken rock. It length is up to 6 cm.

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