Exquisite Pygmy Goby

Trimma preclarum

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth14–66 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsMay and November
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 0 records
March: 2 records
April: 1 records
May: 7 records
June: 2 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 0 records
November: 7 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–66 m · Deepest record: 100 m

10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 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 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 12 records

Names and classification

English: Exquisite Pygmy Goby, Splendid Dwarfgoby

Similar species

Red Dwarfgoby
Trimma benjamini
Flame Goby
Trimma macrophthalmus
Okinawa Dwarfgoby
Trimma okinawae
Caesiura Dwarfgoby
Trimma caesiura
Stobb's Dwarfgoby
Trimma stobbsi
Red-lined Pygmy-goby
Trimma striatum

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).
73 open-data records from 1973 to 2026.

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