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Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby
Favonigobius reichei
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby
- Scientific
- Favonigobius reichei
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.3 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 0 to 5 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A small sand goby reaching about 8 cm, living over sandy and muddy bottoms in shallow, often weedy, water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Favonigobius-reichei.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/86971653
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.