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Dracula shrimp-goby
Stonogobiops dracula
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dracula shrimp-goby
- Scientific
- Stonogobiops dracula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 15 to 37 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A small shrimp goby with a yellow and white head and broad black bars separated by white bands split by an orange-red line, reaching about 7 cm. Pairs hover above the entrance to a burrow they share with a snapping shrimp on open sand near reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Stonogobiops-dracula.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dracula_shrimpgoby.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.