FB-70652 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70652 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Nemipteridae Nemipterus Nemipterus biendongensis Prokofiev, 2022 Bluestripe pygmygoby 2024-07-08 2024-07-08 Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker0 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-GeneralDescr-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Andreas Völckers 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2025-05-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 Occurs in pairs or small groups. Sightings of this species suggest that it inhabits crevices (containing a mix of red coralline algae, Halimeda sp., Tubastrea coccinea, sponges and ascidians) and caves in steep sloping reefs deeper than 18-20 m. It has only been seen in such steep-sloping, coral-rich habitats on outer reefs facing open ocean. It was not observed during exploration of similar depth ranges around the same atolls in areas with different bathymetry and substrate type (very little coral, dominated by rock and algae, with gradual slopes). (Ref. 131294). Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2024-07-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 This species is distinguished by the following characters: predorsal midline no scales; fifth pelvic-fin ray unbranched; cheek with 6 papillae in row c; at least some inner pectoral-fin rays are branched; second spine of first dorsal fin extending posteriorly only to interspace between two fins; an interorbital trench that fades out between fifth and sixth papillae of row p. Colouration: no red bars across body; when alive, head with three blue stripes, one dorsal midline, second from top of orbit to near upper lip, and third across dorsal margin of preoperculum, lower part of iris, and across lips meeting counterpart at ventral midline, the intervening area on head red dorsally grading to yellow and light purplish ventrally, and body with many melanophores on a dirty yellow background; when preserved, blue lines on head are black (Ref. 131294). Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-Morphology-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2024-07-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-Distribution-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2024-07-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 Seychelles. Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-Uses-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Andreas Völckers 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2025-05-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Andreas Völckers 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2025-05-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 2.07 cm SL (female) Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70663 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-19 00:00:00 2025-05-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70663 reef-associated; marine; depth range 22 - 28 m (Ref. 131294) Winterbottom, R., E. Brighton and C. Mason-Parker 2024 A new species of <i>Trimma</i> (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 41:37-45. (Ref. 131294)