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Fan shrimp-goby
Tomiyamichthys latruncularius
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Fan shrimp-goby
- Scientific
- Tomiyamichthys latruncularius
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 45 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A white shrimp goby with large brown blotches, orange spots on the head and a large fan-like first dorsal fin, reaching about 10 cm. It shares burrows with snapping shrimps on sand and rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Tomiyamichthys-latruncularius.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Fan_shrimpgoby_(Tomiyamichthys_latruncularius)_(31279352158
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.