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Trimma taylori Lobel, 1979

Yellow pygmygoby
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Trimma taylori   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from photos taken from Dauin-Apo I. dive site(s). Rick Winterbottom confirmed identity of the adult image but the species complex needs further research for possible splitting into six (6) closely related species (pers.comm. 21 Jul 2022).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hazes, B., 2022
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Trimma: Greek, trimma, -atos = something crushed (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 50 m (Ref. 54980).   Tropical; 28°N - 8°S

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