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Cocos frill-goby
Bathygobius cocosensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Cocos frill-goby
- Scientific
- Bathygobius cocosensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 10 m (usually 0 to 2 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A mottled brown frillgoby with pale saddles on the back and white spots on the head, reaching about 12 cm. It is abundant on silty intertidal reef flats and in rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Bathygobius-cocosensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bathygobius_cocosensis_264982727.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.