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Starry goby
Asterropteryx semipunctata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Starry goby
- Scientific
- Asterropteryx semipunctata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A small tan to dark goby with pale spots and a long third dorsal spine, reaching about 6.5 cm. It lives on algae-covered rock and rubble in shallow lagoons and shelters in holes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Asterropteryx-semipunctata.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gobio_(Asterropteryx_semipunctata),_islas_Ad_Dimaniyat,_Omá
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.