Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Blenniiformes > Family Tripterygiidae > Subfamily Tripterygiinae > Genus Tripterygion

Tripterygion melanurus Guichenot, 1850

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tripterygion*	Risso, 1827	accepted genus name
*Tripterygium*		orthographic variant

Species group names

*Tripterygion melanurus minor*	Kolombatović, 1892	orthographic variant
*Tripterygion melanurum*	Guichenot, 1850	synonym
*Tripterygium minor*	Kolombatovic, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Μελάνουρος γωβιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: תלתנית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karabas baligi

Literature

original description	Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Zoologie, Paris. Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.].
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Tripterygion melanurus, Spain, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tripterygion melanurus Guichenot, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127091