Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Centrescale goby
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Centrescale goby

Callogobius centrolepis

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Centrescale goby
Scientific
Callogobius centrolepis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Gobiidae (gobies)
Maximum size
Up to about 4 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
On or near the bottom, recorded from 10 to 30 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023

Description

A small blotchy brown goby with three or four diffuse dark bars, reaching about 4 cm.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.