Trimma capostriatum
©Anne Hoggett: Trimma capostriatum upside-down on the roof of a cavern at Osprey Islet, Lizard Island.
©Anne Hoggett: Trimma capostriatum on the side of sea hare Dolabella auricularia on the reef slope at South Island, Lizard Island Group.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Trimma
Species
Trimma capostriatum
Colours
Distinguishing features
A small pink/orange goby with six red stripes on head and anterior body.
This name was considered a synonym of Trimma striatum but molecular evidence shows they are separate and there are slight morphological differences (Winterbottom and Hoese, 2015). "True" Trimma striatum is known from NW Australia, Indonesia, Phillipines and PNG but not the GBR. Records of Trimma striatum on the GBR are almost certainly referable to Trimma capostriatum.
Size
- Up to 4 cm (Length)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Trimma striatum
looks very similar but is not known from the Great Barrier Reef.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Winterbottom, R. and D.F. Hoese (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): 1-102. LIRS catalog number 2390.
Other references
- Depczynski, M. (2006). Small cryptic fishes on coral reefs: a new perspective on reef fish ecology and life histories, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1070.
- Depczynski, M. and D.R. Bellwood (2005). Wave energy and spatial variability in community structure of small cryptic coral reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 303: 283-293. LIRS catalog number 932.