Redfin Triplefin (species: Ucla xenogrammus) in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Ucla xenogrammus
Redfin Triplefin


©Rickard Zerpe: Redfin Triplefin (Ucla xenogrammus)

©Rickard Zerpe: Redfin Triplefin (Ucla xenogrammus)?

©Graham Edgar: Ucla xenogrammus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Tripterygiidae
Genus Ucla
Species Ucla xenogrammus

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Distinguishing features

Translucent with spine showing through in alternating bands of white and red/brown.

Size

  • Up to 5.7 cm (length according to Allen and Erdmann (2012).)

Depth range

  • From 2 m to 41 m

Synonyms

Comments

This species is similar to Helcogramma chica as illustrated by Allen and Erdman (2012) but that species has not been recorded from Australia.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It can be found in marine environments.

Adults inhabit lagoons and seaward reefs. They are found in caves, crevices and on flat surfaces of coral, sponges or rubble with algae. Some live on live corals. (Fishbase)

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.

Other references

  • Jawad, L.A. (2007). Comparative morphology of the otolith of the triplefins (Family Tripterygiidae), Journal of Natural History, 41: 901-924. LIRS catalog number 1170.
  • Lefèvre, C.D. and D.R. Bellwood (2015). Disturbance and recolonisation by small reef fishes: the role of local movement versus recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537: 205-215. LIRS catalog number 1964.
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