Meet our festive December Fish of the Month, the Candycane Pygmygoby, Trimma cana!
Survey Regions: The Candycane Pygmygoby is found throughout the tropical Pacific, including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Micronesia, part of REEF's Central Indo-Pacific (CIP) region. Click here to see a distribution for this species in the REEF database.
Size: They are quite small and grow to about 1.25 inches in length.
Identifying Features: They have a white or light gray body with bright red bars resembling candy stripes.
Fun Facts: Candycane Pygmygobies perch on the surface of hard corals. They can be found alone or in groups, and can be locally abundant. Although they are only an inch long, they their eye-catching stripes makes them easier to spot than other tiny gobies!
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for our next Fish of the Month.
Photo by Carol Cox.