Tropical striped triplefin
- Tropical striped triplefin
Taxobox
name = Tropical striped triplefin
image_width = 240px
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Blennioidei
familia = Tripterygiidae
genus = "Helcogramma"
species = "H. striatum"
binomial = "Helcogramma striatum"
binomial_authority = Hansen, 1986
The tropical striped triplefin, "Helcogramma striatum", is a triplefin blenny of the genus "Helcogramma", found in reefs in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia. It reaches a maximum length of 4 cm.
It is red with white stripes running the length of its body and white spots between the eyes.
It is normally found perched on coral or other hard surfaces where it watches for drifting plankton on which it feeds.
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