Red-finned triplefin

Red-finned triplefin
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.

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