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Sandy prawn-goby
Ctenogobiops feroculus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sandy prawn-goby
- Scientific
- Ctenogobiops feroculus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m (usually 1 to 5 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A whitish shrimp goby with three rows of large brown spots and a dark blotch behind the eye, reaching about 8 cm. Pairs share snapping-shrimp burrows on shallow sand and rubble flats.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ctenogobiops-feroculus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sand_shrimpgoby_(Ctenogobiops_feroculus)_(38847123420).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.