Japanese blacktail triplefin

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = HimeGPf.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Williams, J. |date=2014 |title=''Springerichthys bapturus'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T178924A1548448 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178924A1548448.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Springerichthys bapturus | authority = (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Tripterygion bapturum|Jordan & Snyder, 1902 |Enneapterygius bapturus|(Jordan & Snyder, 1902) |Gracilopterygion bapturum|(Jordan & Snyder, 1902) }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBase>{{Fishbase|Springerichthys|bapturum|month=April|year-2019}}</ref> }}

The '''Japanese blacktail triplefin''' ('''''Springerichthys bapturus''''') is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus ''Springerichthys''.<ref name= FishBase/> It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1902.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | spid=24130 | title = ''Tripterygion bapturum'' | access-date = 31 May 2019}}</ref> This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> It feeds on algae and the adults occur in rock pools and just below the low water mark.<ref name = FishBase/>

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Japanese blacktail triplefin Category:Fish described in 1902 Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Category:Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder