Trimma sp.

Dear All,

I'd appreciate some help with IDing this goby, found at 60 m at the Monad shoals seamount near Malapascua, Philippines.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificklaus/5348916428/

Most certainly Trimma sp., but which one? Can't find it on fishbase or in Allen's "Reef Fish Identification", did I miss it?

Thanks!

Klaus

I've checked a few more sources and the nearest I can find is Trimma tevegae. Maybe this is a juvenile and the blue stripe is not present in juveniles? Some of the images you can see online have a much less pronounced blue stripe than the photo in the Allen book.

I've checked a few more sources and the nearest I can find is Trimma tevegae. Maybe this is a juvenile and the blue stripe is not present in juveniles? Some of the images you can see online have a much less pronounced blue stripe than the photo in the Allen book.

Thank you for double-checking. Yes, this goby also hovered upside-down, like T. tevegae, but both the base color, absence of the stripe and type of caudal base spot look different.

Unfortunately some of the species on fishbase only show dead museum specimen, others have no picture at all.