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Trimma emeryi Winterbottom, 1985 Emery's pygmygoby |
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photo by
Randall, J.E. |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae | |||
| Max. size: | 2.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 48 m | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific: Comoro Is. and Chagos Archipelago east to Tonga, north to Ryukyu Is., south to Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 7-8. Characterized by yellowish pink head; bluish grey to translucent pale yellowish body with dark brown scale margins forming network; red iris; all pectoral rays unbranched; branched fifth pelvic ray; longitudinal scale series 24-25; median predorsal scales 7-8; cheek or opercle without scales; depth of body 4.6 in SL (Ref. 90102). | |||
| Biology: | Occurs in outer reef slopes (Ref. 90102). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874. | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 March 2015 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||