Red triplefin

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Red triplefin
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Helcogramma steinitzi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Species:
H. steinitzi
Binomial name
Helcogramma steinitzi
Clark, 1980

Helcogramma steinitzi, known commonly as the red triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma . [2] It was described by Eugenie Clark in 1980. [3] The specific name honours the marine biologist and herpetologist Heinz Steinitz (1909-1971) of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. [4] This species occurs in the north western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Holleman, W. (2014). "Helcogramma steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T179020A1560148. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179020A1560148.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma steinitzi". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma steinitzi". 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.
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