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Zebra dwarfgoby
Eviota zebrina
Name as used by FishBase. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (checked October 2026) now uses Eviotops zebrinus. Kept the FishBase name so records match the FishBase checklist.
- English
- Zebra dwarfgoby
- Scientific
- Eviota zebrina
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.9 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A minute, banded dwarfgoby under 2 cm that lives on algae-covered dead reef and eats huge numbers of tiny copepods.
In the Maldives
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes now places this species in the genus Eviotops.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Eviota-zebrina.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.