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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Trimma

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Trimma abyssum Abyssal pygmygoby Eastern Indian Ocean 3.2 SL 2015
Trimma agrena Fishnet pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.1 SL 2004
Trimma anaima Pallid pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 3 SL 2000
Trimma annosum Grey-bearded pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 2.8 SL 2003
Trimma anthrenum Honey-bee pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2006
Trimma aturirii Aturiri’s pygmy goby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2015
Trimma avidori Avidor's pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.5 TL 1978
Trimma barralli Barrall's pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.8 SL 1995
Trimma bathum Deep-reef pygmygoby Western Central Pacific 1.6 SL 2017
Trimma benjamini Ring-eye pygmygoby Western Pacific 3 SL 1996
Trimma bisella Two-saddle pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.4 SL 2000
Trimma blematium Blue-eyed pygmygoby Southwestern Pacific 2.3 SL 2018
Trimma burridgeae Mary's pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.9 SL 2016
Trimma caesiura Caesiura pygmygoby Western Pacific 3.5 SL 1906
Trimma cana Candy-cane pygmy goby Western Pacific 2.5 SL 2004
Trimma capostriatum Spotted redlined pygmygoby Southwest Pacific 2.9 SL 1981
Trimma caudipunctatum Spot-tailed pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.1 SL 2009
Trimma caudomaculatum Blotch-tailed pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 2.7 SL 1975
Trimma cheni Face-stripe pygmy goby Western Pacific Ocean 2.2 SL 2011
Trimma chledophilum Mud pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.2 SL 2015
Trimma citrum Lemon pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.9 SL 2022
Trimma corallinum Polkadot pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.5 TL 1959
Trimma corerefum Colin's pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2016
Trimma dalerocheila Hotlips pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.0 SL 1984
Trimma emeryi Emery's pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 2.5 TL 1985
Trimma erdmanni Erdmann’s pygmygoby Western Pacific Ocean 2.6 SL 2011
Trimma erwani Slanted pygmygoby Eastern Central Pacific 1.4 SL 2016
Trimma fangi Fang's pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.1 2004
Trimma fasciatum Yellow-banded pygmygoby Western Pacific 2 SL 2012
Trimma filamentosum Long-spine pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.8 SL 1995
Trimma finistrinum Porthole pygmygoby Western Central Pacific 2.5 SL 2017
Trimma fishelsoni Fishelson's pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.7 SL 1985
Trimma flammeum Flame pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.2 SL 1959
Trimma flavatrum Wasp pygmygoby Western Pacific. Japan t 2.3 SL 2007
Trimma flavicaudatum Yellow-tailed pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.4 SL 1982
Trimma fraena Bridle pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 1984
Trimma fucatum Harlot pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 2.0 SL 2007
Trimma gigantum Giant pygmygoby Western Pacific 3.0 SL 2007
Trimma grammistes Black-striped pygmygoby Western Pacific 3 SL 1936
Trimma griffithsi Griffiths' pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific. 3 SL 1984
Trimma habrum Delicate pygmygoby Western Pacific Ocean 1.8 SL 2011
Trimma haima Cut-face pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 1.7 SL 1984
Trimma haimassum Blood-spot pygmygoby Western Pacific 3.1 SL 2011
Trimma halonevum Pimple pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 3 SL 2000
Trimma hamartium Mistaken pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.5 SL 2018
Trimma hayashii Four-eye pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.3 SL 2007
Trimma helenae Helen’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2014
Trimma hoesei Forktail pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 2.4 SL 1984
Trimma hollemani Holleman’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.8 SL 2016
Trimma hotsarihiense Helen Reef pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.6 SL 2009
Trimma imaii Imai's pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.8 SL 2009
Trimma insularum Cocos pygmygoby Eastern Indian Ocean 2.8 SL 2015
Trimma irinae Irina’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2014
Trimma kalum Beautiful pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.7 SL 2020
Trimma kardium Heart pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.7 SL 2015
Trimma kitrinum Citron pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.7 SL 2015
Trimma kudoi Kudo's pygmygoby Northwest Pacific 2.5 SL 2008
Trimma lantana Lantana pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.9 SL 2003
Trimma longispinum Long-spined pygmygoby Western Central Pacific 2.7 SL 2023
Trimma luteum Yellow barred pygmygoby Eastern Central Pacific 2.3 SL 2016
Trimma macrophthalmus Large-eyed pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.5 TL 1936
Trimma maiandros Zigzag pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 2.7 SL 2011
Trimma marinae Princess pygmygoby Western Pacific 2 SL 2005
Trimma matsunoi Matsuno's pygmygoby Northwest Pacific 2.6 SL 2012
Trimma meityae Meity’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2018
Trimma mendelssohni Mendelssohn's pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 4 TL 1978
Trimma meranyx Day-night pygmy goby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2014
Trimma meristum Split-ray pygmygoby Western Pacific 2 SL 2015
Trimma milta Red-earth pygmygoby Pacific Ocean 3 TL 2002
Trimma multiclitellum Multisaddle pygmy goby Western Pacific 1.7 SL 2015
Trimma nasa Nasal-bar pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.3 SL 2005
Trimma nauagium Shipwreck pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2015
Trimma naudei Naude's pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 3.5 SL 1957
Trimma necopinum Australian pygmygoby Southwest Pacific 4 TL 1959
Trimma nomurai Lilac pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2007
Trimma nubarum Rift pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2.0 SL 2023
Trimma okinawae Orange-red pygmygoby Western Pacific 3.5 SL 1949
Trimma omanense Crescent-wing pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 2000
Trimma pajama Pajama pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.6 SL 2014
Trimma panemorfum Sublime pygmygoby Western Pacific 3.2 SL 2022
Trimma papayum Pawpaw pygmygoby Western Pacific Ocean 2.2 SL 2011
Trimma pentherum Mourning pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2015
Trimma preclarum Exquisite pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2006
Trimma putrai Putra’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.2 SL 2019
Trimma quadrimaculatum Four-spotted pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 1.7 SL 2015
Trimma randalli Randall’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.0 SL 2007
Trimma readerae Reader's pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.6 SL 2015
Trimma rubromaculatum Red-spotted pygmygoby Western Pacific. 3.5 SL 1995
Trimma sanguinellum Sanguinello pygmygoby Eastern Indian Ocean 2.1 SL 2007
Trimma sheppardi Sheppard's pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 1.9 SL 1984
Trimma sostra Sostra's pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.4 SL 2004
Trimma squamicana Red-blotch pygmygoby Eastern Central Pacific 2.1 SL 2004
Trimma stobbsi Stobbs' pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 2.5 TL 2001
Trimma striatum Red-lined pygmygoby Indo-West Pacific 3 TL 1945
Trimma tauroculum Bullseye pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2007
Trimma taylori Yellow pygmygoby Indo-Pacific 3.5 SL 1979
Trimma tevegae Tevegae pygmygoby Western Pacific 4.5 TL 1969
Trimma trioculatum Three-eyed pygmygoby Western Pacific 1.9 SL 2015
Trimma ukkriti Ukkrit’s pygmygoby Eastern Indian Ocean 2.7 SL 2021
Trimma unisquame Blackmargin pygmygoby Pacific Ocean 2.6 NG 1959
Trimma volcana Volcano pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 1.9 SL 2003
Trimma wangunui Wangunu’s pygmygoby Western Central Pacific 2.1 SL 2019
Trimma winchi Winch's pygmygoby Western Indian Ocean 1984
Trimma winterbottomi Trench-head pygmygoby Indian Ocean 3 TL 1994
Trimma woutsi Wouter's pygmygoby Eastern Central Pacific 2.3 TL 2002
Trimma xanthochrum Step-spot pygmygoby Western Pacific Ocean 2.5 SL 2011
Trimma xanthum Yellow-red pygmygoby Western Pacific 2015
Trimma yanagitai Brown pygmygoby Northwest Pacific 3.7 SL 2007
Trimma yanoi Pudgy pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.2 SL 2008
Trimma yoshinoi Yoshino's pygmygoby Northwest Pacific 2.1 SL 2015
Trimma zurae Marg’s pygmygoby Western Pacific 2.3 SL 2014



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