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Red-eye threefin

The red-eye threefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by Albert William Herre in 1944 who honoured the Scottish naturalist and ethnologist Walter Elliot (1803-1897) in its specific name. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the eastern and western coasts of India and around Sri Lanka.

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Red-eye threefin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Species:
H. ellioti
Binomial name
Helcogramma ellioti
(Herre, 1944)
Synonyms2

Tripterygion ellioti Herre, 1944

The red-eye threefin (Helcogramma ellioti) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.2 It was described by Albert William Herre in 19443 who honoured the Scottish naturalist and ethnologist Walter Elliot (1803-1897) in its specific name.4 This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the eastern and western coasts of India and around Sri Lanka.1

References

References

  1. Holleman, W. (2014). "Helcogramma ellioti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T178912A1546874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178912A1546874.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma ellioti". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Helcogramma ellioti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 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 25 May 2019.