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Genus Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906

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.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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