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Parva goby
Valenciennea parva
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Parva goby
- Scientific
- Valenciennea parva
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small pale grey goby with a pair of stripes along the lower side and a blue-white stripe below the eye, reaching about 10 cm. It lives on clean sand patches between coral heads.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Valenciennea-parva.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Parva_goby_(Valenciennea_parva)_(32168554717).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.