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Vermiculated blenny
Entomacrodus vermiculatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Vermiculated blenny
- Scientific
- Entomacrodus vermiculatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 18 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 0 to 2 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A greenish blenny with large white blotches over an intricate maze-like pattern, reaching about 18 cm. It shuttles between rock pools and air on the intertidal shore and can breathe out of water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Entomacrodus-vermiculatus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/145255542
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.