Redspot Dwarfgoby

Trimma halonevum

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth11–40 m
Water temperature28–30 °C
Best monthsMarch and April
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 4 records
March: 45 records
April: 52 records
May: 22 records
June: 26 records
July: 13 records
August: 17 records
September: 17 records
October: 1 records
November: 13 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–40 m · Deepest record: 106.7 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 14 records
20–30 m: 19 records
30–40 m: 11 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C

28–30 °C: 54 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Redspot Dwarfgoby, Skinspot Pygmygoby, Sparsely-spotted Pygmy-goby

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Shiriusubenihaze, シリウスベニハゼ
Simplified Chinese: 紅小斑磨塘鱧

Similar species

Red Dwarfgoby
Trimma benjamini
Flame Goby
Trimma macrophthalmus
Okinawa Dwarfgoby
Trimma okinawae
Stobb's Dwarfgoby
Trimma stobbsi
Fishnet Pygmy Goby
Trimma agrena
Black-chest Shrimp-goby
Amblyeleotris guttata

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
169 open-data records from 1978 to 2016.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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