The
largemouth triplefin,
Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the
family Tripterygiidae and only member of the
genus Ucla, found in the
Pacific Ocean from
Viet Nam, the
Philippines,
Palau and the
Caroline Islands to
Papua New Guinea,
Australia (including
Christmas Island), and the
Solomon Islands,
Fiji,
Tonga, east to
American Samoa and
Rapa, at depths of between 2 and 41
m. Its length is up to about 47
mm.
The largemouth triplefin is found in caves, crevices and on flat surfaces of coral, sponges or rubble with algae.
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