Genus Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906
- Trimma Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [391].
Type species:
Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906 by original designation.
Introduction
The record for Trimma halonevum Winterbottom, 2000 from Christmas Island in Allen et al. (2007) was incorrect. The Australian and Territory species were reviewed by Winterbottom & Hoese (2015).
Excluded Taxa
GOBIIDAE: Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen, 2004 [based on misidentified Trimma fangi, no documented records from Australia] — Winterbottom, R. & Hoese, D.F. 2015. A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species. Zootaxa 3934: 1-102 [81]
- Misidentifications
GOBIIDAE: Trimma fraena Winterbottom, 1983 [misidentification] — Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.L. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [1688]
GOBIIDAE: Trimma halonevum Winterbottom, 2000 [the record of this species from Christmas Island in Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.was a mixup in labeling and was a misi-labeled specimen of Trimma unisquame (WAM P. 26120-015)] — Winterbottom, R. & Hoese, D.F. 2015. A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species. Zootaxa 3934: 1-102
GOBIIDAE: Trimma naudei Smith, 1953 [based on misidentification of Trimma lantana] — Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.L. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [1688]
GOBIIDAE: Trimma preclarum Winterbottom, 2006 — Winterbottom, R. 2018. A new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the south-west islands of Palau, western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4370(2): 123-136 [131] (found that two species were involved and Australian material now regarded as Trimma hamartium)
GOBIIDAE: Trimma sheppardi Winterbottom, 1983 [misidentification] — Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.L. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [1688]
GOBIIDAE: Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis, 1969 — Winterbottom, R. 2016. Trimma tevegae and T. caudomaculatum revisited and redescribed (Acanthopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of three new similar species from the western Pacific. Zootaxa 4144(1): 1–53 [15] (known only from Vanuatu, Philippines and Borneo, Australian records based on Trimma hollemani and T. caudomaculatum)
GOBIIDAE: Trimma winchi Winterbottom, 1984 [Winterbottom & Hoese 2015 found no material of the species from Cocos (Keeling) Islands listed in Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21, and it appears the record was probably based on a misidentification of Trimma insularum] — Winterbottom, R. & Hoese, D.F. 2015. A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species. Zootaxa 3934: 1-102
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Winterbottom, R. 1984. A review of the gobiid fish genus Trimma from the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean, with description of seven new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62: 695-715
Winterbottom, R. & Hoese, D.F. 2015. A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species. Zootaxa 3934: 1-102
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2019 | GOBIIDAE | 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED |