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Nasal-bar pygmygoby (Trimma nasa)
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Nasal-bar pygmygoby (Trimma nasa) specimen
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Gobiidae

Nasal-bar pygmygoby

Trimma nasa

White stripe runs from between eyes to upper lip

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

Trimma nasa, commonly called the nasal dwarfgoby or nasal pygmy goby, is a species of goby from the Western Pacific. They are small fish, averaging at around 2 cm (0.79 in) in length. They are bright orange and transparent yellow in life, with a white stripe running down from between the eyes to the upper lip and a dark brown spot at the base of the tail fin.

Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Trimma
Maximum length
2.3 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Pacific: Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, the Philippines, and Palau.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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