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Largetooth goby
Macrodontogobius wilburi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Largetooth goby
- Scientific
- Macrodontogobius wilburi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m (usually 1 to 10 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A greenish-brown goby with a whitish-yellow belly, a row of dark blotches along the side and a black spot at the tail base, reaching about 6.5 cm. It lives on fine sand along reef margins.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Macrodontogobius-wilburi.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:MacrodontogobWilburiGRA.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.