Springer's triplefin

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Fricke, R. |author2=McEachran, J. |author3=Williams, J.T. |date=2010 |title=Helcogramma springeri |volume=2010 |page=e.T154849A4650138 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154849A4650138.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Helcogramma springeri

| authority = Hansen, 1986

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Helcogramma springeri, known commonly as the Springer's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma.{{FishBase|Helcogramma|springeri|month=April|year=2019}} It was described by P.E. Hadley Hansen in 1986.{{Cof record|spid=7871|title = Helcogramma springeri|access-date=26 May 2019}} The specific name honours the ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the National Museum of Natural History.{{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 | access-date = 26 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}} This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia and the Philippines to northern Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef.