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Spotted wrasse
Anampses meleagrides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spotted wrasse
- Scientific
- Anampses meleagrides
- Dhivehi
- Hikaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 22 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 60 m (usually 5 to 50 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A wrasse whose females are dark brown densely covered in small white spots with a bright yellow tail; males are reddish brown with blue lines and spots. It reaches about 22 cm and lives over mixed coral, rubble and sand on seaward reefs.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name hikaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Anampses-meleagrides.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4889&GenusName=Anampses&SpeciesName=m
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lábrido_(Anampses_meleagrides),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-1
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Hikaa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.