Red-striped goby

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Trimma cana
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Trimma
Species: T. cana
Binomial name
Trimma cana
R. Winterbottom, 2004

Trimma cana, the Candy cane pygmy-goby, is a species of goby native to the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found from the Philippines to Palau. It inhabits steep slopes on the outer side of reefs, preferring a hard coral substrate, at depths of from 12 to 35 metres (39 to 115 ft). This species can reach a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Trimma cana" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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