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IllustrationRidens goby
Bryaninops ridens
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ridens goby
- Scientific
- Bryaninops ridens
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.8 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 6 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A minute goby under 2 cm that lives on large Porites coral knolls and branching fire coral.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Bryaninops-ridens.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.