Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Pacific goby
No photo available
Photo: Albert William Herre / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Albert W. C. T. Herre (1910). "Gobies of the Philippines and the China Sea". in The Philippine Bureau of Science Monographic Publications on Fishes. Smithsonian; Commons file: Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner 1879) by P. Bravo.jpg

Pacific goby

Callogobius sclateri

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

English
Pacific goby
Scientific
Callogobius sclateri
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Gobiidae (gobies)
Maximum size
Up to about 7 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 37 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018

Description

A small pale brown goby with dark bars on the head and below the first dorsal fin, reaching about 7 cm. It hides in crevices and under debris.

Sources

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