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Ward's sleeper
Valenciennea wardii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ward's sleeper
- Scientific
- Valenciennea wardii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 88 m (usually 5 to 20 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A pale goby with three brown bars, a blue-white band below the eye and a black eyespot on the first dorsal fin, reaching about 15 cm. Pairs live on silty sand slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Valenciennea-wardii.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:SasaHZ.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.