Mourning pygmygoby

📖 Overview

Mourning pygmygoby (Trimma pentherum), first described by Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 is a tiny fish in the family Gobiidae (order Gobiiformes). Adults typically reach 2.00 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 0 to 24 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Least Concern.The species is kept in the aquarium hobby. Care requirements and behaviour align broadly with other Gobiidae kept in the hobby.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: a concave bony interorbital which is less than half pupil-diameter in width; slight or no groove posterodorsal to eye; presence of scales in the midline of the predorsal region; absence of opercular scales; the fifth pelvic ray is branched once dichotomously and more than 80% the length of the fourth ray; adults with the epaxial musculature reaching anteromedially to a point in line with the posterior margin of the eye; elongated spines in first dorsal fin absent (the second spine is longest, reaching to the region of the base of the second dorsal-fin spine); scale pockets are strongly outlined by melanophores and chromatophores; with a dark, vertical bar on the base of the pectoral fin; 6 grey saddles across the dorsum .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Mourning pygmygoby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 24 m . Tropical north to the South West Islands of Palau.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🦠 Common Diseases

The following diseases are known to affect Mourning pygmygoby.

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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