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IllustrationEyebar spiny goby
Asterropteryx spinosa
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Eyebar spiny goby
- Scientific
- Asterropteryx spinosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.6 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A tiny goby with a thick dark bar under the eye, a short bar on the tail base and a black spot on the first dorsal fin, reaching about 4.6 cm. It lives on rubble in lagoons.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Asterropteryx-spinosa.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.