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Guineafowl puffer
Arothron meleagris
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Guineafowl puffer
- Scientific
- Arothron meleagris
- Dhivehi
- Fuh kudhi koli
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 73 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A pufferfish with two colour forms: black covered in small white spots, or completely bright yellow. It lives in coral-rich areas, especially around oceanic islands, and feeds mainly on the tips of branching corals.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives fuh kudhi koli.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Arothron-meleagris.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6401&GenusName=Arothron&SpeciesName=m
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Arothron_meleagris_by_NPS_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Fuh kudhi koli' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.