Tristan Lougher, England
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Winterbottom & Emery, 1981
Very special thanks for the photo of the dwarfgoby
Trimmatom offucius to Tristan Lougher.
This goby lives endemic around the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of the Maldives.
It feeds on zooplancton and adiolarians and inhabits mainly oceanic drop-offs; in and around caves in vertical walls.
Knwon species:
Trimmatom eviotops ( LP Schultz , 1943)
Trimmatom macropodus R. Winterbottom , 1989
Trimmatom nanus R. Winterbottom & Emery , 1981
Trimmatom offucius R. Winterbottom & Emery , 1981
Trimmatom Pharus R. Winterbottom , 2001
Trimmatom sagma R. Winterbottom , 1989
Trimmatom Zapotes R. Winterbottom , 1989
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Trimmatom (Genus) > Trimmatom offucius (Species)
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!
Very special thanks for the photo of the dwarfgoby
Trimmatom offucius to Tristan Lougher.
This goby lives endemic around the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of the Maldives.
It feeds on zooplancton and adiolarians and inhabits mainly oceanic drop-offs; in and around caves in vertical walls.
Knwon species:
Trimmatom eviotops ( LP Schultz , 1943)
Trimmatom macropodus R. Winterbottom , 1989
Trimmatom nanus R. Winterbottom & Emery , 1981
Trimmatom offucius R. Winterbottom & Emery , 1981
Trimmatom Pharus R. Winterbottom , 2001
Trimmatom sagma R. Winterbottom , 1989
Trimmatom Zapotes R. Winterbottom , 1989
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Trimmatom (Genus) > Trimmatom offucius (Species)
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!
