Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16 - 20; Vertebrae: 36 - 37.

Common Names

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Fourspot triplefin , English , Ryukyu Is.

Fourspot triplefin , English , Global

Kuro-masuku , Japanese , Japan

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Helcogramma

Species: Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler, 1946)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults are found at depths of 8 m and shallower, in surge channels and exposed rocky and coralline boulders (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

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demersal