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Trimma meranyx Winterbotton, Erdmann, Dita & Cahyani, 2014

Day-night pygmy goby
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Photographs from Mactan appear to be this species (Ref. 96671).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Winterbottom, R., M.V. Erdmann and N.K.D. Cahyani, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Day-night pygmygoby, ... more

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);  meranyx: Name from Greek words 'mera' meaning day, and 'nyx' meaning night, for ‘day-night pygmy goby’, referring to its unique colouration of a black peduncle with twin 'suns' dorsally and ventrally; noun in apposition..

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 45 - 70 m (Ref. 96671).   Tropical

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