Ringeye Pygmy Goby (species: Trimma benjamini) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Trimma benjamini
Ringeye Pygmy Goby


©Rick Stuart-Smith: Trimma benjamini upside down in a cavern, Lizard Island area.

©Anne Hoggett: Trimma benjamini on the reef slope at High Rock near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Trimma
Species Trimma benjamini

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 3 cm (length according to Allen and Erdmann (2012).)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Winterbottom, R. and D.F. Hoese (2015). A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species. Zootaxa, 3934(1): 1-102. LIRS catalog number 2390.