Trimma maiandros is a new species of nano goby from the Indo-Pacific which was recently described. Although it seems like countless new species ofEviotaandTrimmagobies are frequently described that are lacking in the color department, the newTrimma maiandrosis far from bland. The beautiful coloration ofTrimma maiandros提醒我们起一个十字架的感情n the candy cane goby,Trimma cana, and the coolwater classic Catalina goby,Lythripnus dahli.
Trimma maiandroshas an orange base coloration that fades to tangerine yellow towards the tail and a brighter orange eye. The body is flanked by a blue chainlink pattern which is thin towards the tail and nearly solid near the head, encasing the head and very brightly framing the colorful orange eye. Normally when a new species of reef fish is this cool and colorful it comes from a far away locale, never to be seen in the aquarium hobby butTrimma maiandroshas a very wide range.
Trimma maiandroshas been found at Cocos-Keeling Island in the Indian Ocean, Japan, the Marshall and Marianas Islands as well as some reef locations in Australia. With such a wide home turf we imagine thatTrimma maiandrosmust occur within the collection locales for some of our reef aquarium fish and with a sensational coloration like that, we hope it’s only a matter of time before the new orange and blue nano goby is gracing our nano reefs. The newTrimma maiandrosgoby was described by Douglass F. Hoese, Richard Winterbottom and Sally Reader in the ichthyological journal,Aqua.
