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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Trimmatom

(See list of species below)



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7 species (see list below)

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Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2.1 cm SL
Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Trimmatom eviotops
[Red-barred rubble goby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
Trimmatom macropodus Winterbottom, 1989

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Trimmatom macropodus
[Bigfoot dwarfgoby]

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 1 cm SL
Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, 1981

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.
 
Trimmatom nanus
[Midget dwarfgoby]

Photo by Lougher, T.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 1.4 cm SL
Trimmatom offucius Winterbottom & Emery, 1981

Photo by Lougher, T.
 
Trimmatom offucius
[]

Photo by Senou, H.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 2.2 cm TL
Trimmatom pharus Winterbottom, 2001

Photo by Senou, H.
 
Trimmatom pharus
[Lifehouse dwarfgoby]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.1 cm TL
Trimmatom sagma Winterbottom, 1989

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Trimmatom sagma
[Saddled dwarfgoby]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific

Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom, 1989

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Trimmatom zapotes
[Hard-drinking atomgoby]
7 Species of Family Gobiidae with Genus Trimmatom
(Gobies)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1943 Trimmatom eviotops Red-barred rubble goby Indo-Pacific 2.1 SL
1989 Trimmatom macropodus Bigfoot dwarfgoby Western Pacific 1.6 TL
1981 Trimmatom nanus Midget dwarfgoby Western Indian Ocean 1 SL
1981 Trimmatom offucius Western Indian Ocean 1.4 SL
2001 Trimmatom pharus Lifehouse dwarfgoby Indo-West Pacific 2.2 TL
1989 Trimmatom sagma Saddled dwarfgoby Western Central Pacific 2.1 TL
1989 Trimmatom zapotes Hard-drinking atomgoby Western Central Pacific



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