Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Ringeye Pygmygoby
Trimma benjamini
Ringeye Pygmygoby
Also known as: Redface Dwarfgoby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Trimma benjamini
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Trimma (Genus)
        └T. benjamini (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278488🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196653🔗

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