Hooded Triplefin

Males are dark-headed (Ref. 37816).

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 19 - 21

Inhabits surge-swept reef margins (Ref. 1602). Found on rock surfaces and under ledges (Ref. 13227).

Adults inhabit surge-swept reef margins (Ref. 1602). Found on rock surfaces under ledges (Ref. 13227) of coral reefs covered with algae (Ref. 90102). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

Helcogramma capidata, known commonly as the hooded triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogramma. It was described by Richard Rosenblatt in 1960. This species is widespread in the western Pacific Ocean from the Mariana Islands east to Samoa, Fiji and Tonga; it has been recorded from Sabah too.