Reader's pygmygoby

Trimma readerae

Two Point Six Centimeters Goby of Japanese Waters

Reader's pygmygoby is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 2.6 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Trimma
Maximum length: 2.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: known from mid to outer reefs on the Great Barrier Reef, and inshore reefs of Western Australia, but rarely from the Coral Sea and Timor Sea. Tentatively included, in what appears to represent a species complex, specimens and images collected from the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea, Japan and the Marshall Islands (also based on the spotting pattern on the cheek).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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