Red-eye threefin

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]

Red-eye threefin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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