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Eyebar goby
Gnatholepis cauerensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Eyebar goby
- Scientific
- Gnatholepis cauerensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 50 m (usually 2 to 20 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A small, translucent white goby with rows of tiny orange to brown spots and a dark bar below the eye, reaching about 6 cm. It is common on sandy areas near rubble and coral from reef flats to seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gnatholepis-cauerensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gobio_(Gnatholepis_cauerensis),_Nosy_Antanimora,_Madagascar
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.