Candycane Dwarfgoby
Trimma cana
- Usual depth10–30 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
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. This species can reach a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Candycane pygmy goby”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 15 records
- March: 32 records
- April: 23 records
- May: 16 records
- June: 16 records
- July: 33 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 18 records
- December: 22 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–30 m · Deepest record: 30.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Candycane Dwarfgoby, Candycane Pygmy Goby
Similar species
Red DwarfgobyTrimma benjamini
Caesiura DwarfgobyTrimma caesiura
Flame GobyTrimma macrophthalmus
Okinawa DwarfgobyTrimma okinawae
Red-lined Pygmy-gobyTrimma striatum
- Stobb's Dwarfgoby
Trimma stobbsi
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 90 open-data records from 1978 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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