Helcogramma striata (Chiang, Min-Chia & Chen, I-Shiung 2012)
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Ordo: Perciformes
Familia: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Helcogramma
Name
Helcogramma striata Hansen, 1986 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Helcogramma striata Chiang, Min-Chia, 2012, ZooKeys 216: 65-65.
Description
Description. D III, XIV-XV (modally XIV), 10-11 (modally 11). A I, 20-21 (modally 21). Lateral line with 18-20 (modally 18) pored scales. Dentary pore pattern 3+2+3. Supraorbital cirrus absent. Nasal cirrus simple and slender. First dorsal fin about half height of second dorsal fin. Vertebrae 10+27-28. Males and females with similar colour pattern. A characteristic colour pattern of three bluish white stripes along side of body: dorsalmost stripe originating over top of eye, extending backward along bases of dorsal fins; middle stripe originating on snout, extending through eye and terminating at caudal-fin base; ventralmost stripe originating on lips, extending across cheek and pectoral-fin base, and ending on ventral part of caudal peduncle. Dorsal part of head and body above ventralmost stripe red; body below ventral stripe gray or pink to white. Body with row of bluish or grayish white spots between middle and ventral stripes. Dorsal-fin elements and basal membranes reddish. Anal fin red. Caudal fin with red extending from body onto middle portion of fin.
Distribution
Distribution. The specimens described herein were collected at depths of 6-12 m from southern Taiwan. This species has been recorded in shallow waters of 1-20 m depth from the southern tip of Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Timor Sea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Kiribati, and Line Islands (Fricke 1997).
Taxon Treatment
- Chiang, Min-Chia; Chen, I-Shiung; 2012: A new species of the genus Helcogramma (Blenniiformes, Tripterygiidae) from Taiwan ZooKeys, 216: 65-65. doi
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