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IllustrationKing goby
Gladiogobius rex
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- King goby
- Scientific
- Gladiogobius rex
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.9 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 0 to 2 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A small pale grey goby with brown stripes and rows of bluish-white dots, reaching about 4 cm. It lives on shallow sand and silt near shore.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gladiogobius-rex.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.