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Etymology: Trimma: Greek, trimma, -atos = something crushed (Ref. 45335); lantana: Named for the tropical plant, Lantana, the inflorescences of which is an assortment of yellow, orange, purple, and reddish-pink flowers, alluding to the colourful nature of this species and the rounded blotches on the head; noun in apposition.
More on authors: Winterbottom & Villa.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 30 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Australasian plate and the Solomon Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57688)
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 5. Diagnosis: a frontal ridge behind the orbits that slopes steeply into a wide interorbital trench
anteromedially, and into postorbital trenches laterally; posterior nasal opening separate from anterior margin of eye; second spine of first dorsal elongate, third spine not elongate; fifth pelvic fin ray branched once dichotomously; body color on anterior half off-white, grey anteriorly with grey-blue snout, red-orange trunk grading to yellow caudally, with five white dorsolateral spots between peduncle and origin of first dorsal, and two white ventrolateral spots between the peduncle and anal fin; a red-orange bar and two irregular blotches under orbit; slightly darkened posterior margin of pectoral base (Ref. 57688).
Solitary, often resting on sand or rubble bottoms of caves and ledges in 5-30 m (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Winterbottom, R. and C.A. Villa, 2003. A new species of the Trimma caesiura species complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the north-eastern margin of the Australian Plate, with a redescription of the other nominal species in the complex. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 7(1):13-28. (Ref. 57688)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.6 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 1091 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 861 [366, 2,844] mg/100g; Iron = 2.64 [1.32, 5.79] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [15.4, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.275 [0.095, 0.700] g/100g; Selenium = 41.7 [15.0, 106.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.4 [9.4, 146.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.72 [2.20, 6.03] mg/100g (wet weight);
