Japanese blacktail triplefin
Species of fish
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Springerichthys |
| Species: | S. bapturus |
| Binomial name | |
| Springerichthys bapturus | |
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