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Naude's Rubble Goby

Trimma naudei

Also known as: Dwarf Goby, Gudgeon, Naude's Pygmygoby, Naude's Rubble Dwarfgoby, Pygmy Goby, Red Pygmy Goby, Red Rubble Goby, Reef Goby, Rubble Dwarfgoby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
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Adult
@neanderthal · koh lanta, Thailand · March 20161 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, resting on coral patches, rock, and rubble and fine sandy bottoms, over lagoons and seaward reefs.

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotcheswhite blotches
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, or in small schools, resting on coral patches, rock, and rubble and fine sandy bottoms, over lagoons and seaward reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusTrimma
    7. speciesTrimma naudei Smith, 1957

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