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Trimma

Trimma striata

(Herre, 1945)

Stripehead Goby

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.

Size: 2 inches (3 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits caves and crevices on outer reef slopes and usually found at depths between 65 to 100 feet (20 - 30 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.

 Trimma striata (Stripehead Goby)
Photo © Jim Greenfield
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