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Chinese zebra goby
Ptereleotris zebra
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Chinese zebra goby
- Scientific
- Ptereleotris zebra
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 31 m (usually 2 to 4 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A greenish-grey dartfish with many thin pinkish bars, a blue-edged red patch under the chin and a blue-bordered orange bar at the pectoral base, reaching about 12 cm. It schools over hard bottoms on shallow, current-swept seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ptereleotris-zebra.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ptereleotris_zebra.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.