Trimma anaima

Winterbottom, 2000

Pallid Pygmy Goby

Range: Western Indian Ocean: Comoros. Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Indonesia and Tonga.

Size: 2 inches (3 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reef slopes and lagoons and found among reef margins with rubble and also in caves and crevices. Usually seen 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.