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Helcogramma randalli

Helcogramma randalli, Randall's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by Jeffrey T. Williams and Jeffrey C. Howe in 2003 and named it in honour of the ichthyologist John Ernest Randall of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu who collected all of the known specimens. This species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and is endemic to the islands of central Indonesia such as Bali, Lombok, Timor and Komodo.

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Helcogramma randalli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Species:
H. randalli
Binomial name
Helcogramma randalli
Williams & Howe, 2003

Helcogramma randalli, Randall's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.2 It was described by Jeffrey T. Williams and Jeffrey C. Howe in 20033 and named it in honour of the ichthyologist John Ernest Randall of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu who collected all of the known specimens.4 This species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and is endemic to the islands of central Indonesia such as Bali, Lombok, Timor and Komodo.1

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References

  1. Williams, J. (2014). "Helcogramma randalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T178921A1548066. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178921A1548066.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma randalli". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma randalli". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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