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Redskinfish
Ablabys binotatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Redskinfish
- Scientific
- Ablabys binotatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2017
Description
A small waspfish with a tall dorsal fin starting over the eye, dark brown with a white or silvery blotch above the pectoral fin, reaching about 15 cm. It rocks back and forth among weeds like a dead leaf.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ablabys-binotatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ablabys_binotatus_crop.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.