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Blotch-tailed pygmygoby
Trimma caudomaculatum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blotch-tailed pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma caudomaculatum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.7 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A tiny pygmy goby with a blotch on the tail, under 3 cm.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-caudomaculatum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Trimma_caudomaculatum_female_21.5_mm,_Rabaul.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.