Flame Goby

Trimma macrophthalmus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–30 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and October
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, 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: 35 records
February: 22 records
March: 12 records
April: 65 records
May: 49 records
June: 18 records
July: 9 records
August: 7 records
September: 21 records
October: 41 records
November: 34 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–30 m · Deepest record: 46 m

0–10 m: 39 records
10–20 m: 65 records
20–30 m: 38 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 69 records
28–30 °C: 168 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Flame Goby, Large-eyed Dwarfgoby, Red-spotted Pygmy-goby

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Omehaze, オオメハゼ

Other scientific names: Eviota macrophthalma, Eviota macrophthalmus, Trimma macrophthalma, Trimma macrophthalmum

Similar species

Red Dwarfgoby
Trimma benjamini
Okinawa Dwarfgoby
Trimma okinawae
Stobb's Dwarfgoby
Trimma stobbsi
Redspot Dwarfgoby
Trimma halonevum
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).
537 open-data records from 1967 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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