Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004 is a animal in the Gobiidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004

Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004

Trimma cana, the Candy cane pygmy-goby, is a small goby species native to the western Pacific Ocean that lives on outer reef slopes.

Family
Genus
Trimma
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004

Trimma cana, commonly known as the Candy cane pygmy-goby, is a species of goby first formally described by Winterbottom in 2004. This goby is native to the western Pacific Ocean, with a recorded range stretching from the Philippines to Palau. It lives on steep slopes on the outer sides of reefs, and prefers to settle on hard coral substrates. It can be found at depths between 12 metres (39 feet) and 35 metres (115 feet). This species grows to a maximum standard length of 2.5 centimetres, which equals 0.98 inches.

Photo: (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by François Libert · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Gobiidae Trimma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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