Red-finned triplefin
Appearance
Red-finned triplefin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Helcogramma |
Species: | H. gymnauchen
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Binomial name | |
Helcogramma gymnauchen (Weber, 1909)
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The red-finned triplefin, Helcogramma gymnauchen, is a triplefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae, found in the western Pacific from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia, at depths of between 1 and 8 m. It reaches a maximum length of 4 cm.
The red-finned triplefin lives on reefs, and feeds on algae and small invertebrates.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma gymnauchen". FishBase. June 2006 version.