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IllustrationStobbs' pygmygoby
Trimma stobbsi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Stobbs' pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma stobbsi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A tiny pygmy goby with a yellow head, a grey-brown body and a dark spot above the gill cover, about 2.5 cm long. It lives in caves and ledges on steep slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-stobbsi.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.