Helcogramma obtusirostris

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 3.8 cm according to FishBase,^[2] but only 4 cm according to "Two Oceans".^[3]

Helcogramma obtusirostris
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Helcogramma
Species:	H. obtusirostris
Binomial name
Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger, 1871)
Synonyms
Tripterygion obtusirostre Klunzinger, 1871