Red triplefin

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| image = Helcogramma steinitzi - from Red fluorescent representatives of five different reef fish families (cropped) (cropped).jpeg

| image_caption = Helcogramma steinitzi

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Holleman, W. |date=2014 |title=Helcogramma steinitzi |volume=2014 |page=e.T179020A1560148 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179020A1560148.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Helcogramma steinitzi

| authority = Clark, 1980

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Helcogramma steinitzi, known commonly as the red triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.{{Fishbase|Helcogramma|steinitzi|month=April|year=2019}} It was described by Eugenie Clark in 1980.{{Cof record|spid=9430|title = Helcogramma steinitzi|access-date=26 May 2019}} The specific name honours the marine biologist and herpetologist Heinz Steinitz (1909-1971) of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | accessdate = 26 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}} This species occurs in the north western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.