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Etymology: Trimma: Greek, trimma, -atos = something crushed (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: A Avidor was an ichthyologist at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He co-wrote: Biosociology and ecology of pomacentrid fishes around the Sinai Peninsula (northern Red Sea) (1974). He collected the type. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 13694). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aqaba to the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11344); max. published weight: 0.18 g (Ref. 131019)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Winterbottom, R., 1995. Red Sea gobiid fishes of the genus Trimma, with the description of two new species. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 22(3-4):93-98. (Ref. 13694)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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