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Hector's goby
Koumansetta hectori
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Hector's goby
- Scientific
- Koumansetta hectori
- Dhivehi
- Funna
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 30 m (usually 5 to 20 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small goby with black and yellow stripes and a dark eyespot at the rear of the dorsal fin, reaching about 8.5 cm. It hovers alone above rubble shaded by corals in sheltered reefs.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name funna.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Koumansetta-hectori.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7242&GenusName=Koumansetta&SpeciesNam
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hector's_Goby.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Funna' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.