Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 18 - 22.

Common Names

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New Caledonia triplefin , English , Global

New Caledonian triplefin , English , New Caledonia

新喀里多尼亚弯线鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

新喀里多尼亞彎線鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Helcogramma

Species: Helcogramma novaecaledoniae Fricke, 1994

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults are found in outer slopes and reef flats (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). Minimum depth of 1.5 m reported from Ref. 90102.

Habitat

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demersal