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Naude's pygmygoby
Trimma naudei
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Naude's pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma naudei
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 30 m (usually 3 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A tiny orange-red pygmy goby with rows of white spots, about 3.5 cm long, living on rubble and reef rock and sometimes forming small schools.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-naudei.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Trimma_naudei_female_23.3_mm,_Nha_Trang,_Vietnam.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.