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native to the

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'', they are known commonly as pygmygobies or dwarfgobies.

Species

There are currently 111 recognized species in this genus: * '' Trimma abyssum'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Deep-reef pygmygoby) * '' Trimma agrena'' R. Winterbottom & I. S. Chen, 2004 (Fishnet pygmygoby) * '' Trimma anaima'' R. Winterbottom, 2000 (Sharp-eye pygmygoby) * '' Trimma annosum'' R. Winterbottom, 2003 (Grey-bearded pygmygoby) * '' Trimma anthrenum'' R. Winterbottom, 2006 (Honey-bee pygmygoby) * '' Trimma aturirii'' R. Winterbottom,

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& Cahyani, 2015 (Aturiri's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma avidori'' (

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, 1978) (Avidor's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma barralli'' R. Winterbottom, 1995 (Barrall's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma bathum'' R. Winterbottom, 2017 (Deep-reef pygmygoby) * ''

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'' R. Winterbottom, 1996 (Ring-eye pygmygoby) * '' Trimma bisella'' R. Winterbottom, 2000 (Two-saddle pygmygoby) * '' Trimma blematium'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2018 (Blue-eyed pygmygoby) * '' Trimma burridgeae'' R. Winterbottom, 2016 (Mary's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma caesiura''

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& Seale, 1906 (Caesiura pygmygoby) * '' Trimma cana'' R. Winterbottom, 2004 (Candycane pygmygoby) * '' Trimma capostriatum'' (

, 1981) (Spotted red-lined pygmygoby) * '' Trimma caudipunctatum'' T. Suzuki &

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, 2009 (Spot-tailed pygmygoby) * '' Trimma caudomaculatum'' Yoshino & Araga, 1975 (Blotch-tailed pygmygoby) * '' Trimma cavicapum'' R. Winterbottom, Eleanor Brighton & Christophe Mason-Parker, 2024 * '' Trimma cheni'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Face-stripe pygmygoby) * '' Trimma chledophilum'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Mud pygmygoby) * '' Trimma citrum'' R. Winterbottom &

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, 2022 (Lemon pygmygoby) * '' Trimma corallinum'' (

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, 1959) (Polka-dot pygmygoby) * '' Trimma corerefum'' R. Winterbottom, 2016 (Colin's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma dalerocheila'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Hotlips pygmygoby) * '' Trimma emeryi'' R. Winterbottom, 1985 (Emery's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma erdmanni'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Erdmann's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma erwani'' Viviani, J. T. Williams &

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, 2016 (Slanted pygmygoby) * '' Trimma fangi'' R. Winterbottom & I. S. Chen, 2004 (Fang's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma fasciatum'' T. Suzuki, Sakaue &

, 2012 (Yellow-banded pygmygoby) * '' Trimma filamentosum'' R. Winterbottom, 1995 (Long-spine pygmygoby) * '' Trimma finistrinum'' R. Winterbottom, 2017 (Porthole pygmygoby) * '' Trimma fishelsoni''

, 1985 (Fishelson's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma flammeum'' (

, 1959) (Flame pygmygoby) * '' Trimma flavatrum'' K. Hagiwara & R. Winterbottom, 2007 (Wasp pygmygoby) * '' Trimma flavicaudatum'' (

, 1982) (Yellow-tailed pygmygoby) * '' Trimma fraena'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Bridle pygmygoby) * '' Trimma fucatum'' R. Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007 (Harlot pygmygoby) * '' Trimma gigantum'' R. Winterbottom &

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, 2007 (Giant pygmygoby) * '' Trimma grammistes'' ( Tomiyama, 1936) (Black-striped pygmygoby) * '' Trimma griffithsi'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Griffiths' pygmygoby) * '' Trimma habrum'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Delicate pygmygoby) * '' Trimma haima'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Cut-face pygmygoby) * '' Trimma haimassum'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Blood-spot pygmygoby) * '' Trimma halonevum'' R. Winterbottom, 2000 (Pimple pygmygoby) * '' Trimma hamartium'' R. Winterbottom, 2018 (Mistaken pygmygoby) * '' Trimma hayashii'' K. Hagiwara & R. Winterbottom, 2007 (Four-eye pygmygoby) * '' Trimma helenae'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2014 (Helen's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma hoesei'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Fork-tail pygmygoby) * '' Trimma hollemani'' R. Winterbottom, 2016 (Holleman’s pygmygoby) * '' Trimma hotsarihiensis'' R. Winterbottom, 2009 (Helen Reef pygmygoby) * '' Trimma imaii'' T. Suzuki &

, 2009 (Imai's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma insularum'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Cocos pygmygoby) * '' Trimma irinae'' R. Winterbottom, 2014 (Irina's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma kardium'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2015 (Heart pygmygoby) * '' Trimma kitrinum'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Citron pygmygoby) * '' Trimma kudoi'' T. Suzuki &

, 2008 (Kudo’s pygmygoby) * '' Trimma lantana'' R. Winterbottom & C. A. Villa, 2003 (Lantana pygmygoby) * '' Trimma longispinum'' R. Winterbottom, 2023 (Long-spined pygmygoby) * '' Trimma luteum'' Viviani, J. T. Williams &

, 2016 (Yellow-barred pygmygoby) * '' Trimma macrophthalmus'' ( Tomiyama, 1936) (Large-eye pygmygoby) * '' Trimma maiandros'' Hoese, R. Winterbottom & Reader, 2011 (Zigzag pygmygoby) * '' Trimma marinae'' R. Winterbottom, 2005 (Princess pygmygoby) * '' Trimma matsunoi'' T. Suzuki, Sakaue &

, 2012 (Matsuno's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma meityae'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2018 (Meity’s pygmygoby) * '' Trimma mendelssohni'' (

, 1978) (Mendelssohn's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma meranyx'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2014 (Day-night pygmygoby) * '' Trimma meristum'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Split-ray pygmygoby) * '' Trimma milta'' R. Winterbottom, 2002 (Red-earth pygmygoby) * '' Trimma multiclitellum'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Multi-saddle pygmygoby) * '' Trimma nasa'' R. Winterbottom, 2005 (Nasal-bar pygmygoby) * '' Trimma nauagium'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Shipwreck pygmygoby) * '' Trimma naudei''

, 1957 (Naude's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma necopinum'' ( Whitley, 1959) (Australian pygmygoby) * '' Trimma nomurai'' T. Suzuki &

, 2007 (Lilac pygmygoby) * '' Trimma okinawae'' ( Aoyagi, 1949) (Orange-red pygmygoby) * '' Trimma omanense'' R. Winterbottom, 2000 (Crescent-wing pygmygoby) * '' Trimma pajama'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2014 (Pajama pygmygoby) * '' Trimma panemorfum'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2004 (Sublime pygmygoby) * '' Trimma papayum'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Pawpaw pygmygoby) * '' Trimma pentherum'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Mourning pygmygoby) * '' Trimma preclarum'' R. Winterbottom, 2006 (Exquisite pygmygoby) * '' Trimma quadrimaculatum'' Hoese, Bogorodsky & A. O. Mal, 2015 (Four-spotted pygmygoby) * '' Trimma randalli'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2007 (Randall's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma readerae'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Reader's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma rubromaculatum'' G. R. Allen & Munday, 1995 (Red-spotted dwarfgoby) * '' Trimma sanguinellus'' R. Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007 (Sanguinello pygmygoby) * '' Trimma sheppardi'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Sheppard's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma sostra'' R. Winterbottom, 2004 (Sostra's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma squamicana'' R. Winterbottom, 2004 (Red-blotch pygmygoby) * '' Trimma stobbsi'' R. Winterbottom, 2001 (Stobb's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma striatum'' ( Herre, 1945) (Red-lined pygmygoby) * '' Trimma tauroculum'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2007 (Bulls-eye pygmygoby) * '' Trimma taylori'' Lobel, 1979 (Yellow pygmygoby) * '' Trimma tevegae''

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& W. P. Davis, 1969 (Blue-stripe pygmygoby) * '' Trimma trioculatum'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2015 (Three-eyed pygmygoby) * '' Trimma ukkriti'' R. Winterbottom, 2021 (Ukkrit’s pygmygoby) * '' Trimma unisquame'' ( Gosline, 1959) (Black-margin pygmygoby) * '' Trimma volcana'' R. Winterbottom, 2003 (Volcano pygmygoby) * '' Trimma wangunui'' R. Winterbottom &

, 2019 (Wangunu's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma winchi'' R. Winterbottom, 1984 (Winch's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma winterbottomi'' J. E. Randall & Downing, 1994 (Winterbottom's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma woutsi'' R. Winterbottom, 2002 (Wouter's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma xanthochrum'' R. Winterbottom, 2011 (Step-spot pygmygoby) * '' Trimma xanthum'' R. Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 (Yellow-red pygmygoby) * '' Trimma yanagitai'' T. Suzuki &

, 2007 (Brown pygmygoby) * '' Trimma yanoi'' T. Suzuki &

, 2008 (Pudgy pygmygoby) * '' Trimma yoshinoi'' T. Suzuki, Ko. Yano &

, 2015 (Yoshino's pygmygoby) * '' Trimma zurae'' R. Winterbottom,

& Cahyani, 2014 (Marg's pygmygoby)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q747338 Gobiidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Alvin Seale Taxa named by David Starr Jordan