Trimma benjamini

Winterbottom, 1996

Ring-eye Dwarf Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Sulawesi to Tonga, north to Marshall Islands, south to New Caledonia and Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 2 inches (3 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal and outer reef slopes and usually seen at depths between 3 to 300 feet (1 – 90 m) where it feeds on zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Trimma

FYI: Shown here for identification only, yet should it or others in this genus become available, aquarium husbandry similar to T. cana would suffice.