Triton (;
Triton) is a mythological
Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of
Poseidon and
Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a
merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, "sea-hued", according to
Ovid "his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells".