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Rippled rockskipper
Istiblennius edentulus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rippled rockskipper
- Scientific
- Istiblennius edentulus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 5 m (usually 0 to 1 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A rockskipper blenny; males are dusky with pairs of dark bands, females paler with spots, reaching about 16 cm. It lives in the intertidal zone among rocks and breakwaters and leaps between pools.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Istiblennius-edentulus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Istiblennius_edentulus_Réunion.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.