Helcogrammoides chilensis (Cancino 1960)

Intertidal. Carnivore (Ref. 50629).

Juveniles feed on copepods and shifts to diet of amphipods as adults (Ref. 94105). 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).

Helcogrammoides chilensis is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogrammoides. It was described by C. Cancino in 1960. It is found on the western coast of South America from Chilean Patagonia to the vicinity of Lima, Peru.