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Mud reef-goby
Exyrias belissimus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mud reef-goby
- Scientific
- Exyrias belissimus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A goby with a brown upper body and yellow lower body crossed by seven or eight dark bars, long filaments on the first dorsal fin and red-and-white banded fins, reaching about 15 cm. It sifts silty sand near overhanging corals.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Exyrias-belissimus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/216358450
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.