Red-finned triplefin
Encyclopedia
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.
The red-finned triplefin lives on reefs, and feeds on algae and small invertebrate
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tripterygiidae, found in the western Pacific from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
, and northern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, at depths of between 1 and 8 m. It reaches a maximum length of 4 cm.
The red-finned triplefin lives on reefs, and feeds on algae and small invertebrate
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
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