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Red-striped goby (Trimma cana)
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Red-striped goby (Trimma cana) specimen
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Gobiidae

Red-striped goby

Trimma cana

Reef Fish of Philippine Waters

  • Red
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Trimma cana, the Candy cane pygmy-goby, is a species of goby native to the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found from the Philippines to Palau. It inhabits steep slopes on the outer side of reefs, preferring a hard coral substrate, at depths of from 12 to 35 metres (39 to 115 ft).

Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Trimma
Maximum length
2.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Pacific: Philippines, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marshall Is., and Palau
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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