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Twostripe goby
Valenciennea helsdingenii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Twostripe goby
- Scientific
- Valenciennea helsdingenii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length); commonly 18 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 45 m (usually 1 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A pale grey goby with a broad white stripe along the side bordered by two dark stripes and a black spot on the first dorsal fin, reaching about 25 cm. Pairs build mounds over burrows on sand and rubble at the base of reef slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Valenciennea-helsdingenii.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gobios_(Valenciennea_helsdingenii),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.