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Blueband goby
Valenciennea strigata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blueband goby
- Scientific
- Valenciennea strigata
- Dhivehi
- Funna
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 18 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 25 m (usually 1 to 6 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A pale grey goby with a bright yellow head and a curved blue stripe running from below the eye to the gill cover. Pairs hover near their burrow on sand, rubble and hard bottoms, usually shallower than 6 m, and feed by taking mouthfuls of sand and sifting out small animals through the gills.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name funna.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Valenciennea-strigata.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6575&GenusName=Valenciennea&SpeciesNa
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Valenciennea_strigata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Funna' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.