Trimma is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean . Together with members of the genus Eviota , they are known commonly as pygmygobies or dwarfgobies .
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Trimma caudomaculatum
Trimma habrum
Trimma lantana
Trimma nasa
Trimma naudei female 23.3 mm, Nha Trang, Vietnam
Trimma okinawae
Trimma tevegae
There are currently 98 recognized species in this genus:
Trimma abyssum G. R. Allen , 2015 (Deep-reef pygmygoby) [1]
Trimma agrena R. Winterbottom & I. S. Chen , 2004 (Fishnet pygmygoby)
Trimma anaima R. Winterbottom , 2000 (Sharp-eye pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma annosum R. Winterbottom , 2003 (Grey-bearded pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma anthrenum R. Winterbottom , 2006 (Honey-bee pygmygoby)
Trimma aturirii R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2015 (Aturiri's pygmygoby) [3]
Trimma avidori (Goren , 1978)
Trimma barralli R. Winterbottom , 1995
Trimma benjamini R. Winterbottom , 1996 (Ring-eye pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma bisella R. Winterbottom , 2000
Trimma burridgeae R. Winterbottom , 2016 [4]
Trimma caesiura D. S. Jordan & Seale , 1906 (Caesiura pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma cana R. Winterbottom , 2004 (Candycane pygmygoby)
Trimma capostriatum (Goren , 1981) (Spotted red-lined pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma caudipunctatum T. Suzuki & Senou , 2009
Trimma caudomaculatum Yoshino & Araga , 1975 [4]
Trimma cheni R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Face-stripe pygmygoby)
Trimma chledophilum G. R. Allen , 2015 (Mud pygmygoby) [1]
Trimma corallinum (J. L. B. Smith , 1959) (Polka-dot pygmygoby)
Trimma corerefum R. Winterbottom , 2016 [4]
Trimma dalerocheila R. Winterbottom , 1984
Trimma emeryi R. Winterbottom , 1985 (Emery's pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma erdmanni R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Erdmann's pygmygoby)
Trimma erwani Viviani , J. T. Williams & Planes , 2016 (Slanted pygmygoby) [5]
Trimma fangi R. Winterbottom & I. S. Chen , 2004 (Spot-faced pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma fasciatum T. Suzuki , Sakaue & Senou , 2012 [6]
Trimma filamentosus R. Winterbottom , 1995
Trimma fishelsoni Goren , 1985
Trimma flammeum (J. L. B. Smith , 1959)
Trimma flavatrum K. Hagiwara & R. Winterbottom , 2007 (Wasp pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma flavicaudatum (Goren , 1982)
Trimma fraena R. Winterbottom , 1984
Trimma fucatum R. Winterbottom & Southcott , 2007 (Harlot pygmygoby)
Trimma gigantum R. Winterbottom & Zur , 2007 (Giant pygmygoby)
Trimma grammistes (Tomiyama , 1936)
Trimma griffithsi R. Winterbottom , 1984 (Griffiths' pygmygoby)
Trimma habrum R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Delicate pygmygoby)
Trimma haima R. Winterbottom , 1984
Trimma haimassum R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Blood-spot pygmygoby)
Trimma halonevum R. Winterbottom , 2000 (Red-spot pygmygoby)
Trimma hayashii K. Hagiwara & R. Winterbottom , 2007 (Four-eye pygmygoby)
Trimma helenae R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2014 (Helen's pygmygoby) [7]
Trimma hoesei R. Winterbottom , 1984 (Fork-tail pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma hollemani R. Winterbottom , 2016 [4]
Trimma hotsarihiensis R. Winterbottom , 2009 (Helen Reef pygmygoby)
Trimma imaii T. Suzuki & Senou , 2009 (Imai's pygmygoby)
Trimma insularum R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 (Cocos pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma irinae R. Winterbottom , 2014 (Irina's pygmygoby) [8]
Trimma kardium R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2015 (Heart pygmygoby) [3]
Trimma kitrinum R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 (Citron pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma kudoi T. Suzuki & Senou , 2008
Trimma lantana R. Winterbottom & C. A. Villa , 2003 (Lantana pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma lutea Viviani , J. T. Williams & Planes , 2016 (Yellow-barred pygmygoby) [5]
Trimma macrophthalmus (Tomiyama , 1936) (Large-eye pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma maiandros Hoese , R. Winterbottom & Reader , 2011 (Zigzag pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma marinae R. Winterbottom , 2005 (Princess pygmygoby)
Trimma matsunoi T. Suzuki , Sakaue & Senou , 2012 [6]
Trimma mendelssohni (Goren , 1978)
Trimma meranyx R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2014 (Day-night pygmygoby) [9]
Trimma meristum R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 (Split-ray pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma milta R. Winterbottom , 2002 (Red-earth pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma multiclitellum G. R. Allen , 2015 (Multi-saddle pygmygoby) [1]
Trimma nasa R. Winterbottom , 2005 (Nasal-bar pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma nauagium G. R. Allen , 2015 (Shipwreck pygmygoby) [1]
Trimma naudei J. L. B. Smith , 1957 (Naude's pygmygoby)
Trimma necopinum (Whitley , 1959) (Australian pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma nomurai T. Suzuki & Senou , 2007 (Lilac pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi , 1949) (Orange-red pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma omanensis R. Winterbottom , 2000
Trimma pajama R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2014 (Pajama pygmygoby) [9]
Trimma panemorfum R. Winterbottom & Pyle , 2004[10]
Trimma papayum R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Pawpaw pygmygoby)
Trimma pentherum R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 (Mourning pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma preclarum R. Winterbottom , 2006 (Exquisite pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma quadrimaculatum Hoese , Bogorodsky & A. O. Mal , 2015 (Four-spotted pygmygoby) [11]
Trimma randalli R. Winterbottom & Zur , 2007 (Randall's pygmygoby)
Trimma readerae R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 [2]
Trimma rubromaculatum G. R. Allen & Munday , 1995 (Red-spotted dwarfgoby)
Trimma sanguinellus R. Winterbottom & Southcott , 2007 (Sanguinello pygmygoby)
Trimma sheppardi R. Winterbottom , 1984 (Sheppard's pygmygoby)
Trimma sostra R. Winterbottom , 2004 (Sostra pygmygoby)
Trimma squamicana R. Winterbottom , 2004 (Candy-scale pygmygoby)
Trimma stobbsi R. Winterbottom , 2001 (Stobb's pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma striatum (Herre , 1945) (Red-lined pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma tauroculum R. Winterbottom & Zur , 2007 (Bulls-eye pygmygoby)
Trimma taylori Lobel , 1979 (Yellow pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma tevegae Cohen & W. P. Davis , 1969 (Blue-stripe pygmygoby) [4]
Trimma trioculatum R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2015 (Three-eyed pygmygoby) [3]
Trimma unisquame (Gosline , 1959) (Black-margin pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma volcana R. Winterbottom , 2003 (Volcano pygmygoby)
Trimma winchi R. Winterbottom , 1984
Trimma winterbottomi J. E. Randall & Downing , 1994 (Winterbottom's pygmygoby)
Trimma woutsi R. Winterbottom , 2002
Trimma xanthochrum R. Winterbottom , 2011 (Step-spot pygmygoby)
Trimma xanthum R. Winterbottom & Hoese , 2015 (Yellow-red pygmygoby) [2]
Trimma yanagitai T. Suzuki & Senou , 2007
Trimma yanoi T. Suzuki & Senou , 2008 (Yano's pygmygoby)
Trimma yoshinoi T. Suzuki , Ko. Yano & Senou , 2015 [12]
Trimma zurae R. Winterbottom , Erdmann & Cahyani , 2014 (Marg's pygmygoby) [9]
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Trimma .
Winterbottom, R. (2016): Trimma tevegae and T. caudomaculatum revisited and redescribed (Acanthopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of three new similar species from the western Pacific. Zootaxa, 4144 (1): 1-53.
Suzuki, T., Sakaue, J. & Senou, H. (2012): Two New Species of the Gobiid Fish Genus Trimma (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Japan and Palau. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Ser. A, Supplement No. 6: 67-77.
WINTERBOTTOM, R. ., & PYLE, R. L. . (2022). A new species of Trimma
(Pisces: Gobiidae) from the deep reefs of Palau, western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 5094(4), 595–600.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5094.4.5