Red triplefin
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]
| Red triplefin | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Helcogramma |
| Species: | H. steinitzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcogramma steinitzi Clark, 1980 | |
References
- Holleman, W. (2014). "Helcogramma steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179020A1560148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179020A1560148.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Helcogramma steinitzi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma steinitzi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- 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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