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Red-eye threefin

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Red-eye threefin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Species:
H. ellioti
Binomial name
Helcogramma ellioti
(Herre, 1944)
Synonyms[2]

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 1944[3] 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

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Helcogramma ellioti". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & 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.