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Trimma

Trimma okinawae

(Aoyagi, 1949)

Okinawa Rubble Goby

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals, and the Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coral reef caves where it's seen hovering upside down and usually found at depths between 10 to 100 feet (3 - 30 m) where it feeds on zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Perciformes

    Suborder: Gobioidei

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Trimma

FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it or others in this genus become available, aquarium husbandry similar to T. cana would suffice.

 Trimma okinawae (Okinawa Rubble Goby)
Photo © John Randall
Trimma naudei Trimma rubromaculatus
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