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IllustrationTall-fin shrimp-goby
Tomiyamichthys praealta
Valid name per FishBase; not independently confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.
- English
- Tall-fin shrimp-goby
- Scientific
- Tomiyamichthys praealta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 20 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small dark shrimp goby with a very tall first dorsal fin, especially in males, reaching about 4.5 cm. It lives with snapping shrimps on white sand and rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Tomiyamichthys-praealta.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.