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Banded reef goby
Priolepis cincta
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Banded reef goby
- Scientific
- Priolepis cincta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (fork length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 70 m (usually 1 to 30 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small goby with alternating dark-edged brown and narrow white bars, reaching about 7 cm. It hides in caves, crevices and among corals.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Priolepis-cincta.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:IrezumiHZsp1ya.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.