Red triplefin

Helcogramma steinitzi, known commonly as the red triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.^[2] It was described by Eugenie Clark in 1980.^[3] The specific name honours the marine biologist and herpetologist Heinz Steinitz (1909-1971) of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.^[4] This species occurs in the north western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.^[1]

Red triplefin
Helcogramma steinitzi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Helcogramma
Species:	H. steinitzi
Binomial name
Helcogramma steinitzi Clark, 1980