Japanese blacktail triplefin

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| image = HimeGPf.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J. |date=2014 |title=Springerichthys bapturus |volume=2014 |page=e.T178924A1548448 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178924A1548448.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| 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 = {{Fishbase|Springerichthys|bapturum|month=April|year-2019}}

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