Red-finned triplefin
Species of fish
Red-finned triplefin | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Helcogramma |
Species: | H. gymnauchen |
Binomial name | |
Helcogramma gymnauchen (Weber, 1909) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[2]
The red-finned triplefin lives on reefs, and feeds on algae and small invertebrates.[2]