Panamic triplefin
Axoclinus lucillae Fowler, 1944
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Panama Triplefin (Axoclinus lucillae)
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Open encyclopedia reference
Axoclinus lucillae, known commonly as the Panama triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. They occur in the eastern Pacific in shallow rocky and coral areas as deep as 20 metres (66 ft) from Mexico to Colombia. The specific name honours Louise "Lulu" Miriam Parsons (1912–2013), the first wife of George Washington Vanderbilt III, although the eponym is more suggestive that the species is named after their daughter, Lucille Margaret Vanderbilt (1938 - 2018).
Wikipedia contributors, Axoclinus lucillae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:44:03.928394+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Axoclinus lucillae Fowler, 1944
- Name authority
- Fowler, 1944
- Common name
- Panamic triplefin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Tripterygiidae
- Genus
- Axoclinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyTripterygiidae Whitley, 1931
- subfamilyTripterygiinae Whitley, 1931
- genusAxoclinus Fowler, 1944
- speciesAxoclinus lucillae Fowler, 1944
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Axoclinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Axoclinus cocoensis Bussing, 1991 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| multibarred triplefinAxoclinus multicinctus Allen & Robertson, 1992 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez triplefinAxoclinus nigricaudus Allen & Robertson, 1991 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Axoclinus storeyae (Brock, 1940) | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Axoclinus rubinoffi Allen & Robertson, 1992 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Fowler, H. W. (1944). Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 57–529, Pls. 1–20. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:K4B6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.