Trimma okinawae, Adult, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Uniform red-orange spots all over face and body, very similar to T. macrophthalmum, but has slightly larger, often merged spots on lower head. Also lacks discrete circular red spots on the lighter fleshy part of the pectoral fin base.
Almost identical to T. readerae whose body spots look more like vertical rectangles and tend to form rows.
Information
Max Size: 4 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 16.9-31.5°C
Habitat: Coral Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Rare (0% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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