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IllustrationYellow pygmygoby
Trimma taylori
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellow pygmygoby
- Scientific
- Trimma taylori
- 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 20 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A tiny, semi-translucent pygmy goby, pinkish-orange below with yellow-orange spots, about 3.5 cm long. It forms loose schools hovering near the roofs and walls of caves on drop-offs below about 25 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trimma-taylori.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.