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Rippled coralgoby
Gobiodon rivulatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rippled coralgoby
- Scientific
- Gobiodon rivulatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 78 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A small coral goby with a red face crossed by blue lines and a body that ranges from brown to bright green, reaching about 6.4 cm. It lives among the branches of table Acropora corals.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gobiodon-rivulatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gobiodon_rivulatus_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.