Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Twospot dwarfgoby
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Photo: David Starr Jordan / Alvin Seale / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Jordan, David Starr; Seale, Alvin (1906) Fishes of Samoa : Description of the Species Found in the Archipelago, with a Provisional Check-List of the Fishes of O; Commons file: FMIB 39677 Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, new species Type.jpeg

Twospot dwarfgoby

Eviota distigma

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

English
Twospot dwarfgoby
Scientific
Eviota distigma
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Gobiidae (gobies)
Maximum size
Up to about 2 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 10 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A minute dwarfgoby, about 2 cm long, living on shallow inshore reefs.

Sources

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