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Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996

Ring-eye pygmygoby
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Siquijor I., Tonga Point, ROM 53038 (holotype of T. benjamini, 2.12 cm SL, male); ROM 53027 - 53032 (paratypes). Known from Mindoro, off Puerto Galera (LACM 42491-70. Cebu, Mactan I., ROM 49008; off Hudson's Beach, ROM 49227; 2.5 km S of Tambuli Beach, ROM 49228. NW coast of Sumilon I., ROM 49226. Tañon Strait, ROM 53033 - 53035 (Ref. 13702) Also Ref. 121724.
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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: Winterbottom, R., 1996
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);  benjamini: Named for Peter Benjamin, Toronto entrepreneur, Benjamin Films Ltd (Ref. 100726).
  More on author: Winterbottom.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 90 m (Ref. 86942), usually 4 - 35 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical

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