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Trimmatom

Trimmatom is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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Trimmatom
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Trimmatom
R. Winterbottom & Emery, 1981
Type species
Trimmatom nanus
R. Winterbottom & Emery, 1981

Trimmatom is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.1

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:1

  • Trimmatom eviotops (L. P. Schultz, 1943) (Red-barred rubble goby)
  • Trimmatom macropodus R. Winterbottom, 1989 (Bigfoot dwarfgoby)
  • Trimmatom nanus R. Winterbottom & Emery, 1981 (Midget dwarfgoby)
  • Trimmatom offucius R. Winterbottom & Emery, 1981
  • Trimmatom pharus R. Winterbottom, 2001 (Lifehouse dwarfgoby)
  • Trimmatom sagma R. Winterbottom, 1989 (Saddled dwarfgoby)
  • Trimmatom zapotes R. Winterbottom, 1989
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