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Striped Triplefin

Helcogramma striata

Also known as: Lined Triplefin, Neon Threefin, Neon Triplefin, Striped Threefin, Threefin, Threefin Blenny, Triplefin, Tropical Striped Triplefin

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
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Adult
@fishx6 · Gullivers, Lighthouse Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20131 / 12
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools resting on rocky outcrops and sponges in moderate current swept, clear water areas of coastal reefs

These Blenny related fish have three fins which gives them their name "Triplefins"

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
spotsstripeswhite stripesyellow spots
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 12
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Found singly or in small schools resting on rocky outcrops and sponges in moderate current swept, clear water areas of coastal reefs

RANGE
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyTripterygiidae
    6. genusHelcogramma
    7. speciesHelcogramma striata Hansen, 1986

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    More in the family

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