Red-finned triplefin

Red-finned triplefin

Taxobox
name = Red-finned triplefin


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Blennioidei
familia = Tripterygiidae
genus = "Helcogramma"
species = "H. gymnauchen"
binomial = "Helcogramma gymnauchen"
binomial_authority = (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, often in weedy areas, and on algal-covered rocks or on rubble, and feeds on tiny invertebrates and algae.

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