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Red-lined pygmygoby
Trimma striatum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Red-lined pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma striatum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 20 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A tiny purplish pygmy goby with red-orange stripes on the head and front body, about 3 cm long, living in caves and crevices of outer slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-striatum.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/102667111
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.