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🌊 Marine 🌡️ Tropical

Helen Reef pygmygoby

Trimma hotsarihiense Winterbottom, 2009
Max Length
1.6 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
-
Depth
22–34 m
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
pelagic

📖 Overview

Collected from a vertical wall covered with sponges, small hard corals, ascidians, huge sandy-floored cave (ca 20 m wide and 5 m high, floor at 27 m) with sea-fans and hydroids at entrance, with sand/rock/patch reef below cave, at 22-34 m depth .

Scientific Name
Trimma hotsarihiense
Authority
Winterbottom, 2009
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Max Length
1.6 cm
Depth Range
22–34 m
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Physical description for Helen Reef pygmygoby is currently being compiled.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Helen Reef pygmygoby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 22 - 34 m . Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🐟 Pelagic

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.01023 × L3.01 (TL)
Max TL
1.6cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Winterbottom, 2009

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