Trimma necopinum Australian Pygmygoby

Trimma necopinum is commonly referred to as Australian Pygmygoby. Difficulty in the aquarium: facile. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Douglass F. Hoese, Australien

Trimma necopinum, Photo by D. F. Hoese.

20.0 mm SL male, AMS I. 20784 - 053, Yonge Reef, GBR.
Courtesy of the author Dr. Douglass F. Hoese, Australien Dr. Douglass F. Hoese

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lexID:: 15729
AphiaID:: 1486863

Scientific:: Trimma necopinum
German:: Australische Zwerggrundel
English:: Australian Pygmygoby

Category:: Gobiidés

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Trimma (Genus) > necopinum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Whitley, ), 1959

Occurrence:: Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales (Australia), Oceania, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, Tasman Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Port facilities, Reef-associated, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 22,2 °F - 28,8 °F (22,2°C - 28,8°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Carnivore, Flakes, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: facile
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-05-07 10:48:22
Last edit:: 2025-11-14 18:18:51

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Trimma necopinum (Whitley, 1959)

Found in inner reefs and harbors, shallow rocky reefs in caves or under rocks

Winterbottom, Richard & Hoese, Douglass F., 2015, A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species, Zootaxa 3934 (1), pp. 1-102 : 60-63

Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. (Ref. 9002)

Synonymised names
Priolepis necopinus Whitley, 1959 · unaccepted
Trimma necopina (Whitley, 1959) · unaccepted (misspelling (specific epithet))
Trimma necopinus (Whitley, 1959) · unaccepted (misspelling (specific epithet))

External links

Fishbase (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.
treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.

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