Norfolkia Fowler, 1953

Holleman, Wouter & Bogorodsky, Sergey V., 2012, A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980, Zootaxa 3152, pp. 36-60 : 57

Genus Norfolkia Fowler, 1953

Norfolkia Fowler, 1953: 262 . Type species N. lairdi Fowler, 1952 = Gillias squamiceps McCulloch & Waite, 1916: 449 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Tripterygiid fishes with the following combination of characters: first dorsal fin with four spines; anal fin with two spines; lateral line discontinuous, with an anterior series of pored scales ending below the second dorsal fin, and a posterior series of notched scales from below the end of the anterior series to base of caudal fin; orbital and anterior nasal cirri present. Body and head below and behind eyes heavily scaled with ctenoid scales, except for a few cycloid scales on pectoral-fin bases, abdomen and around vent. Margins of lateral ethmoids ‘crenulate’ (see Holleman 1991); septal bone unossified to partially ossified; vomer with single row of coniform teeth, palatines without teeth.

Four species, one in the Red Sea.