| Japanese blacktail triplefin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Springerichthys |
| Species: | S. bapturus
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| Binomial name | |
| Springerichthys bapturus | |
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The Japanese blacktail triplefin (Springerichthys bapturus) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys.2 It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1902.3 This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan.1 It feeds on algae and the adults occur in rock pools and just below the low water mark.2
References
References
- Williams, J. (2014). "Springerichthys bapturus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T178924A1548448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178924A1548448.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Springerichthys bapturum year-2019". FishBase.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Tripterygion bapturum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 May 2019.