Giant triplefin

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clements, K.D. |date=2014 |title=Blennodon dorsale |volume=2014 |page=e.T179026A1560959 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179026A1560959.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| name = Giant triplefin

| image = Blennodon dorsalis juvenile Mussel Point.jpg

| parent_authority = Hardy, 1987

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Blennodon dorsale

| authority = (Clarke, 1879)

| synonyms = Trypterygion dorsale Clark, 1879

}}

The giant triplefin (Blennodon dorsale) is a triplefin of the family Tripterygiidae, the only member of the genus Blennodon, found around the coast of New Zealand. It length is up to 15 cm, and it is the largest known triplefin species.{{FishBase | genus = Blennodon | species = dorsale | month = May | year = 2006}}