Red triplefin
| Red triplefin | |
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| Helcogramma steinitzi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Helcogramma |
| Species: | H. steinitzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Helcogramma steinitzi Clark, 1980
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Helcogramma steinitzi, known commonly as the red triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.[2] It was described by Eugenie Clark in 1980.[3] The specific name honours the marine biologist and herpetologist Heinz Steinitz (1909-1971) of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.[4] This species occurs in the north western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Holleman, W. (2014). "Helcogramma steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179020A1560148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179020A1560148.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma steinitzi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma steinitzi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2019.