Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21. Males are dark-headed (Ref. 37816).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Helcogramma

Species: Helcogramma capidata Rosenblatt, 1960

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults inhabit surge-swept reef margins (Ref. 1602). Found on rock surfaces under ledges (Ref. 13227) of coral reefs covered with algae (Ref. 90102). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

Habitat

associated