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Largemouth triplefin

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Ucla Holleman, 1993

Higher classification
  
Ucla

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Tripterygiidae

Scientific name
  
Ucla xenogrammus

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Helcogramma, Enneapterygius, Tropical striped triplefin, Threefin blenny, Enneapterygius etheostomus

The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, east to American Samoa and Rapa Iti, at depths of between 2 and 41 m. Its length is up to about 47 mm.

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Largemouth triplefin Wikipedia