Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Valid name.
- English
- Wahoo
- Scientific
- Acanthocybium solandri
- Dhivehi
- ކުރު މަސްKurumas
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.1-2.5 m and 83 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean surface waters, usually 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022
Description
A long, slender, torpedo-shaped fish with a beak-like snout, an iridescent blue back and around 25 to 30 dark blue vertical bars on silver sides. It is one of the fastest fish in the sea, capable of sprints of about 75 km/h. It hunts fish and squid in surface waters, usually alone or in loose groups. Its razor-sharp teeth can cut through fishing line.
In the Maldives
A prized catch for Maldivian trolling and sport fishing outside the atolls.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Acanthocybium-solandri.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ކުރު_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acanthocybium_solandri_Canary.jpg
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition), which also gives ދިގުމަސް (digumas) and cites the Radheef Dhivehi dictionary. The FAO text of MRS 1997 reads 'Kunumas', almost certainly an OCR misreading of 'Kurumas'; worth a native-speaker check.