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Spotted dwarfgoby
Eviota guttata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spotted dwarfgoby
- Scientific
- Eviota guttata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.2 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A tiny dwarfgoby reaching about 3 cm, living on shallow reefs with mixed algae and coral.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Eviota-guttata.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Whitestriped_dwarfgoby_(Eviota_guttata)_(49604798068).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.