Helcogramma serendip

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Helcogramma serendip
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Species:
H. serendip
Binomial name
Helcogramma serendip
Holleman, 2007

Helcogramma serendip is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma . [2] It was described by Wouter Holleman in 2007. [3] This species is found only around the coasts of Sri Lanka [1] and its specific name references the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Holleman, W. (2014). "Helcogramma serendip". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T179046A1563349. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179046A1563349.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Helcogramma {{{2}}}" in FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma serendip". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2019.