Trimma kardium

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Trimma
Species: Trimma kardium

Name

Trimma kardium Winterbottom et al., 2015

• Holotype: ROM 98815.
• Paratypes: MZB 22714; ROM 87545, T012726, 88107.

Type locality: Kaimana, Triton Bay, White Rock Falls, (03°53.757'S, 134°06.638'E), 50 m depth.

Etymology: Named for the Greek kardia, a heart, in allusion to the two ovoid red spots that are joined anteriorly on the ventral surface of the head, and have an admittedly tenuous stereotypical resemblance to that organ when viewed from below.

Vernacular names

English: Heart pygmy goby

References

• Winterbottom, R., Erdmann, M. V. & Cahyani, N. K., 2015: New species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae) from Indonesia, with comments on head papillae nomenclature. Zootaxa, 3973 (2): 201–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.1 Reference page.