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).