Japanese blacktail triplefin

The Japanese blacktail triplefin (Springerichthys bapturus) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Springerichthys.^[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1902.^[3] This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan.^[1] It feeds on algae and the adults occur in rock pools and just below the low water mark.^[2]

Japanese blacktail triplefin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Springerichthys
Species:	S. bapturus
Binomial name
Springerichthys bapturus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Synonyms[2]
Tripterygion bapturum Jordan & Snyder, 1902 Enneapterygius bapturus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) Gracilopterygion bapturum (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)