Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21; Vertebrae: 35 - 38. Identified by trunk having several longitudinal stripes (Ref. 48636, 94457).

Common Names

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Lined Triplefin , English , UK

Neon threefin , English , Australia

Neon triplefin , English , Australia

Striped three-fin , English , Australia

Striped threefin , English , Australia

Striped threefin , English , Indonesia

Striped triplefin , English , Micronesia

Striped triplefin , English , Global

Tropical striped triplefin , English , Australia

縱帶彎線鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

纵带弯线鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

金带弯线鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

金帶彎線鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Tripterygiidae

Genus: Helcogramma

Species: Helcogramma striata Hansen, 1986

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults inhabit clear coastal reefs with moderate currents (Ref. 9710, 48636). Usually in small groups on sponges or reef outcrops. They feed on zooplankton (Ref. 48636). 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 0 m reported from Ref. 13227.

Habitat

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associated