Red-finned triplefin
| Red-finned triplefin | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Blennioidei |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Helcogramma |
| Species: | H. gymnauchen |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcogramma gymnauchen (Weber, 1909) | |
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Helcogramma gymnauchen" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
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