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Etymology: Trimma: Greek, trimma, -atos = something crushed (Ref. 45335); fangi: Named for Prof. Lee-Shing Fang, head of the Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium.
Eponymy: Professor Lee-Shing Fang (d: 1951) is a Chinese ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Winterbottom & Chen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Western Pacific: Anambas Islands, South China Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.1 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 51083)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Diagnosis: Distinguished by the combination of following features: predorsal scales absent; anterior extension of body scales up to the shoulder spot; body light brown with large orange spots or stripes on the head; a dark greyish-orange shoulder spot above the pectoral fin base; and a grey iris with several orange spots. These orange spots on head are grading to red on the branchiostegal membrane (Ref. 51083); characterized further by having longitudinal scale series 23-25; cheeks and opercle without scales; depth of body 3.8-4.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits outer reef caves and crevices in 5-20 m (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Winterbottom, R. and I.-S. Chen, 2004. Two new species of Trimma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Raffles Bull. Zool. 11(Sup.):103-106. (Ref. 51083)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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