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Trimma meranyx Day-night pygmy goby

Trimma meranyx is commonly referred to as Day-night pygmy goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8356 
AphiaID:
835188 
Scientific:
Trimma meranyx 
German:
Tag-Nacht Zwerggrundel 
English:
Day-night Pygmy Goby 
Category:
Gobies 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Trimma (Genus) > meranyx (Species) 
Initial determination:
Winterbotton, Erdmann & Dita Cahyani, 2014 
Occurrence:
Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Sulawesi, Vanuatu 
Size:
up to 0.75" (1.9 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Zooplankton 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2015-05-07 10:04:06 

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Trimma meranyx Winterbotton, Erdmann & Dita Cahyani, 2014
Day-night pygmy goby

The following Infos are from FishBase. For more Infos click to the Link th FishBase.
Most specimens of this 'twilight zone' species are reported from the 70 m depth range (though have been collected as shallow as 45-55 m in the Lembeh Strait). The species do not appear to school or aggregate as with many congeners, but rather are found individually in small caves and crevices, frequently quite deep into the interstices of the reef and only visible using a strong underwater flashlight.

Winterbottom, R., M.V. Erdmann and N.K. Dita Cahyani, 2014. Three new species of Trimma (Pisces; Gobioidei) from Indonesia. Zootaxa 3838(3):367-384. (Ref. 96671)

Systematik: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Trimma (Genus)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Female

Copyright Dr. Mark Erdmann, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesien, Weibchen
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Trimma meranyx (c) by Erdmann M.V..
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