Red-lined Pygmy-goby
Trimma striatum
- Usual depth1–21 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 26 records
- October: 26 records
- November: 29 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–21 m · Deepest record: 46 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Red-lined Pygmy-goby, Stripehead Dwarf Goby, Stripehead Goby
Other scientific names: Coronogobius striatus, Trimma striata
Similar species
Red DwarfgobyTrimma benjamini
Flame GobyTrimma macrophthalmus
Okinawa DwarfgobyTrimma okinawae
- Caesiura Dwarfgoby
Trimma caesiura
- Stobb's Dwarfgoby
Trimma stobbsi
Fang's DwarfgobyTrimma fangi
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).
- 302 open-data records from 1940 to 2015.
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