Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Family Tripterygiidae Scientific name Helcogramma obtusirostre Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Suborder Blennioidei Genus Helcogramma Higher classification Helcogramma | |
Similar Helcogramma, Threefin blenny, Blennies | ||
Helcogramma obtusirostris, the hotlips triplefin or shortsnout triplefin, is a triplefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae, found from the Red Sea south to South Africa and east to the western Pacific, and the southeast Atlantic, around Ascension Island and St. Helena. It reaches a maximum length of 45 cm according to FishBase, but only 4 cm according to "Two Oceans".
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