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IllustrationMendelssohn's pygmygoby
Trimma mendelssohni
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mendelssohn's pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma mendelssohni
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A tiny pygmy goby, about 4 cm long, living on reef flats over rubble and sand.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-mendelssohni.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.